Decontamination Assistant

4 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Portman Dental Care Full time

**Job Description**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a **Decontamination Assistant** to join our **The Cosmetic Dental Clinic, **part of the Portman Dental Care group, in **Newcastle.**

**About the role and practice**

This role will be instrumental in supporting the practice & team, in the decontamination room and with practice administration in our busy fully private, 6 surgery practice.

The Decontamination Assistant works under supervision of the Dental Nurse/Team to support the decontamination, sterilisation, packaging and storage of dental instruments for use within the practice.

**What’s in it for you?**
- ** Full-Time **39 hours 4 days per week
- ** Full Training provided - no experience necessary, although an interest in the dental/healthcare industry would be advantageous**:

- ** Practice bonus scheme** - our colleagues are key to Portman’s success, so you’ll be entitled to a bonus based on your practice’s performance
- ** Special days** - in addition to your holiday allowance and bank holidays, you are also able to take special days off for occasions such as your birthday, getting married, moving house and more
- Opportunity to buy up to an additional 3 annual leave days per year
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Paid company sick pay
- Life assurance contributory pension scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme - earn up to £3,000 per referral
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7, 365 days a year confidential helpline and counselling service providing help and advice on a range of issues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Benefits platform with access to discounted shopping, cinema, travel, and much more

**About you**

As a Decontamination Assistant you will keep the room and all equipment and instruments clean, tidy and sterile. You will use all equipment and machinery correctly and maintained regularly. Be familiar and comply with all health and safety rules and guidance, including PPE, COSHH, HTM01-05, CQC, mercury handling, infection control and waste disposal.

You will be assisting with making of appliances in our in house lab, we’d love you to be motivated, organised and a good communicator who thrives upon maintaining good standards.

Our vision is to be the best private focused dental group in the world, providing exceptional patient experience and excellent clinical care. To achieve this, we champion individuality and invest in the people who will deliver this to our patients. If your professional values and behaviours align with ours below, isn’t it time to join the Portman Dental family?
- You focus on maintaining high standards of patient care at all times
- You are positive, enthusiastic and honest in all aspects of your job
- You’re able to motivate both yourself and others to achieve great results for our patients
- You enjoy recognising successes and sharing your opinions and ideas with others

**About us**
We are a leading provider of private-focused dental care across the UK and Ireland. Recently, we have merged with Dentex bringing together two of the UK’s leading providers of private-focused dental care with shared values based on community, integrity and dedication to clinical freedom. Both companies celebrate the individuality of our practices and their teams and our shared focus remains on putting people first; this means exceptional care for our patients, industry-leading support for our practices and access to the best professional opportunities. Together we are one of the largest dental group’s in the UK, operating over 350 UK practices, with more than 4,000 members in our community, providing for more than 1.5 million patients annually across the UK, Ireland and Benelux.

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Additional Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect and are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, disability, age, or nationality.



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