The post holder will support and deputies for the Sterilisation Team on the operational and strategic management of sterile services with the trust's external sterilisation service to maintain and improve the quality of surgical instrumentation within the trust.
The primary activity will be to undertake a range of supervised direct care duties, which are clearly prescribed both in this document and in more detail in the core competency list for the grade.
To carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of and supervised by sterilisation senior member of team and to provide equipment support to ensure efficient theatre operations.
To work collaboratively with a wide range of staff, clinical Team, managers, infection control, Steris team, and representatives as appropriate with issues pertaining to reusable medical devices.
To assist in the reprocessing and distribution of medical and surgical reusable devices for use in patient care.
Main duties of the job
To actively participate in all areas covered and reorganising the working practices when necessary to meet the service demands.
To monitor stock availability of sets/supplementary as requested and to take appropriate action on any deficiencies.
To prioritise work based on known or probable needs of Theatres/Departments, and deal with problems as they arise.
To act as a link person between Theatres and the Sterile Services Unit, ensuring high levels of communication.
Work very closely with the Theatre Team to monitor and plan for the efficient usage of reusable medical devices and loan equipment to meet service needs.
Ensure efficient provision of sterile packs and instruments that are required by Theatres for the operating lists and associated departments.
Assisting Trust Sterilisation team to support the monitoring of the sterile services provider, Steris performance, monitoring, maintaining and analysing the non-conformity in accordance with data analysis by reviewing and taking corrective action on behalf of the customer.
About us
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient-centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued, and value each other. To support this, our four values are that we are all:
Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants.
Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first).
Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services, and reputation.
Value each other - we all value each other's contribution.
Inspiring - We aim to motivate and inspire not only ourselves but our colleagues to improve health care provision.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday.'
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information and the person specification for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Secondary Education (GCSE)
* Demonstration of Numeracy and Literacy skills
* An equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training/experience
* GCSE Maths and English or equivalent qualification
* IDSc Technical Certificate
Experience
* Experience of working within a Sterile Services Department or Theatre
* Experience of working successfully as part of a busy team
* Experience of compliance with quality management systems for all aspects of the decontamination process
* Sufficient knowledge of Theatre surgical instrumentation
* Experience of working within a Decontamination Department or Theatre
Skills
* Excellent written and oral communication skills at all levels, internally and externally
* Ability to cope with work pressures and manage time effectively.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Demonstrate an awareness of keeping the clinical environment safe and clean.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£28,622 to £30,225 a year p.a. Incl. Outer London HCAS
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