Job summary
An Exciting opportunity has arisen for an Endoscopy decontamination supervisor to join the new CDC team. If you have good communication and organisational skills are punctual and reliable and meet the criteria. We welcome your application.
participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of Endoscopy services contributing to the timeliness of patient care.
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Main duties of the job
To participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of Endoscopy services contributing to the timeliness of patient care.
To supervise a team to perform a full range of decontamination duties.
Manages Decontamination records in own area of work.
Provide a high quality and timely service to all users of the decontamination suite.
To ensure Departmental Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by all decontamination technicians and staff in accordance with Quality Management Systems.
Plan your own workload and work with minimal supervision.
The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids, and COSHH.
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About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of Endoscopy services contributing to the timeliness of patient care.
To supervise a team to perform a full range of decontamination duties.
Manages Decontamination records in own area of work.
Provide a high quality and timely service to all users of the decontamination suite.
To ensure Departmental Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by all decontamination technicians and staff in accordance with Quality Management Systems.
Plan your own workload and work with minimal supervision.
The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids, and COSHH.
participate in the provision of a specialised decontamination of Endoscopy services contributing to the timeliness of patient care.
To
Person Specification
Education
Essential
1. Maths Functional Skills Level 2
2. English Functional Skill Level 2
3. Decontamination Related subject
Desirable
4. Maths GCSE Level 4 and above
5. English GCSE Level 4 and above
6. NVQ 3 in health related/Decontamination Subject
Experience
Essential
7. Recent Endoscopy Decontamination Experience
8. Evidence of recent studies in decontamination and infection prevention standards
Desirable
9. Experience of Supervising staff
10. Knowledge of Endoscopy reprocessing, decontamination and associated policies