Sterile Services Assistant

5 months ago


Smethwick, United Kingdom Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Full time

The postholder will be a key member of the Logistics Team with responsibility for the receipt and distribution of Sterile Surgical Instrumentation and the collection and dispatch of used/soiled Surgical Instrumentation to and from all areas of Trust.

As part of a busy, unified, logistics function, the postholder will be responsible for the movement of sterile equipment within the Trust. There are a number of associate tasks, including ensuring that all instrumentation movement is recorded and scanned using the IT and inventory management systems. The postholder will need to help with ensuring that a complete, efficient and auditable stock control system is maintained

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

**We have three newly emerging strategic objectives**:
Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

The postholder will be required to undertake a number of tasks on a daily basis, including:
Day-to-day responsibility for the top-up of theatres, wards and departments with pre-determined pre-sterile single use items

Delivering/collecting sterile equipment, used equipment and medical devices to and from all operating theatres, wards and departments

Booking equipment both in and out of the Trust using the IT system.

Indentifying and reporting any inaccurate or missing data

Providing stock control information as required by the Theatres Scan4Safety and Sterile Services Lead and to inform them of any unusual trends in demands for supplies.

Receiving and checking orders and deliveries for defaults, mistakes, incorrect quantities and poor/unacceptable quality.

Maintaining stock, stores and distribution areas in a clean and orderly state to the agreed standards.

Liasing with both customers and suppliers to deal with queries, complaints and requests as required



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