Senior Decontamination Manager

4 days ago


Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires a high level of expertise in decontamination services. As a Senior Decontamination Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the service delivery team, ensuring that all activities are carried out in accordance with quality procedures and legislative requirements.

Main Responsibilities
  • Provide operational management of the service delivery team, ensuring that all activities are carried out in accordance with quality procedures and legislative requirements.
  • Practice as a qualified Senior Specialist, providing a high-quality service at all times.
  • Support the provision of the specialized decontamination service, contributing to the clinical care of patients.
  • Apply professional judgement and utilize specialist skills and detailed scientific knowledge when reviewing and interpreting scientific data and production reports to ensure a safe service is provided.
  • Work independently in all areas of the specialty and be able to work as an autonomous practitioner.
  • Deputise for the Sterile Services Manager when necessary.
  • Work unsupervised, plan own workload, and work with minimal managerial direction.
  • Work within the constraints of the budget allocation.
  • Work as part of a team of decontamination personnel.
  • Manage and train a team of staff as necessary.
  • Maintain a customer and patient safety focus at all times.
Working for Our Organisation

Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrogate and District Foundation NHS Trust (HDFT). We supply a wide range of essential services to HDFT hospitals and community sites, including cleaning, catering, portering, courier and transport, hotel services, estates maintenance, sterile services, equipment library, security, car parking, general office and administration, energy, waste and environmental impact reduction.

Our work is vital to ensure that our NHS colleagues in the medical teams have the facilities and equipment they need to provide excellent care.

Person Specification
  • Holds a postgraduate degree or is able to demonstrate an equivalent level of management experience.
  • Experience of investigating incidents.
  • Knowledge and experience of working with service level agreements/contracts.
  • Experience of Human Resource management.
  • Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality, accuracy and imprecision according to quality procedures and legislative requirements.
  • Skilled in the creation of reports and policies.
  • Chartered Membership of the IDSC or to be in place within 6 months of start date.
Desirable Criteria
  • Highly specialised decontamination knowledge acquired through ongoing specialist training or experience.
  • Experience of working with ISO standards and their implementation.
  • Decontamination experience.
  • Introduction to ISO 13485.


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