Cssd Lead

**About The Role**:
**UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE**

**+ make a difference for every patient**
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Craft your career in the Heart of Birmingham as Practice Plus Group unleashes a new era of healthcare excellence in the Midlands.
- Imagine being part of a legacy where your contributions impact not just your career but the entire healthcare landscape in the Midlands. Practice Plus Group’s new Birmingham Hospital is poised to become a beacon of standards within private healthcare, and we invite you to play a pivotal role in this journey. As a member of our esteemed team, you’ll be joining a business that from day one, can influence new standards of care and industry best practices.
- Your career at Practice Plus Group is more than just a job - it’s a commitment to elevating healthcare standards. We provide a dynamic environment where your skills are honed, and your ambitions are fostered. Join us, and together, let’s create a legacy that shapes the future of healthcare in Birmingham and beyond.
- We want our team members to feel motivated and rewarded. So we offer a competitive package of pay and benefits. We also recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance - so we always try to be flexible, helping you fit your working life around your home life.

**What you'll be doing**:
In this role you will have overall managerial and strategic responsibility for the decontamination and sterilisation services in the hospital, ensuring that instruments and equipment are decontaminated and sterilised and that equipment is maintained in a safe and compliant environment in accordance with national guidelines and the hospital's standards. As the CSSD Lead, you will also provide clear and consistent leadership to all staff in CSSD, maintaining a visible presence in line with the local theatre operational plan.

The department provides a comprehensive system-wide decontamination service for reusable medical devices. This includes collection, cleaning, thermal disinfection, inspection, packing, steam sterilising and distribution.

Everything we do is focused on providing a high standard of safe and effective patient care. Our facilities will be modern, employing the latest technology with friendly and professional staff. We have strong control processes to ensure we maintain high standards of hygiene and above all, we’re passionate about giving our patients the best possible care and helping them feel better, faster.

**What we’ll look for in you**:
We are looking for an experienced CSSD Technician with relevant leadership experience who is committed to providing a high quality service and will strive to ensure we minimise the risk of cross infection. You will also ideally hold a relevant qualification in Sterile Services.

We are one of the UK largest independent sector healthcare providers and work in close partnership with the NHS to deliver more than 50 services throughout the UK. We provide high quality specialist care and excellent results for more than 50,000 patients each year.