Band 5
Main area Sterile services & decontamination maintenance Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 205-6803233
Site County Hospital Town Stafford Salary £29,970 - £36,483 PA plus R&R premium Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59
Job overview
A truly excellent opportunity has arisen with our Estates Operations Team at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM). We are a very special organisation with amazing staff and this has been demonstrated unequivocally during the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver services that respond to our patients needs has never been more important than it is right now.
So if you are a passionate, values driven person, who is pro-active in their approach, thrives in a busy working environment and wants an opportunity to join a highly motivated Estates Operations Team, at a hugely exciting time for UHNM, then this could be the role for you.
Main duties of the job
The University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Steriliser & Decontamination Services Maintenance Technician to be an active member of the Estates Department at County Hospital. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual, trained to HNC/HND level, who can work on their own and also as part of a team.
Duties include providing technical support to the Steriliser & Decontamination Services Estates Manager, providing an efficient and cost effective system of specialist services in respect to the maintaining, testing, commissioning and validating sterilisers, autoclaves, washer/disinfectors (including Endoscope Disinfection machines) in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Health HTM and also providing support in other engineering disciplines to the Estates team.
Applicants need to have previous maintenance experience within steriliser and decontamination services, including relevant training/qualifications and have a technical, engineering background with good computer skills. You will be stationed principally at the County Hospital site working 5 days a week Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, but may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by the UHNM NHS Trust and you will be required to carry out on-call duties.
For an informal discussion contact – Lee McNamara on 01785 887553 or Steve Brown, Senior Estates Manager on 01782 715444.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact Lee McNamara on 01785 887553 or Steve Brown, Senior Estates Manager on 01782 715444.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Knowledge of procedures for testing and maintenance of steriliser & decontamination services/equipment
* Previous specialist training within a Healthcare context
Experience
* Several years post apprenticeship experience Familiar with all forms of Engineering, particularly control equipment.
* Experience working within steriliser & decontamination services
* Previous experience within a Health Service context
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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