SSD Team Lead

Job Description
Sterile Services Lead-Theatres| Sutton Coldfield| Permanent | Competitive salary with excellent benefits
Spire Little Aston Hospital are looking for a Sterile Services Lead to join our fantastic team on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week, day shifts

Spire Little Aston Hospital is a leading private hospital in the Midlands, offering comprehensive hospital care to patients from Birmingham and the surrounding areas of the West Midlands and Staffordshire. The hospital has an exceptional reputation within a variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Sports & Exercise Medicine, Cosmetics, Ophthalmic, Gynaecology, General Surgery & Physiotherapy.

We're dedicated to providing quality treatment and aftercare to our patients. This means ongoing investment in our facilities and our staff. We also have a dedicated Bone & Joint Clinic with leading orthopaedic consultants, Breast Care Centre and Spire Eye Centre.

Spire Healthcare was announced as winner of the 'Best Workplace for Learning and Development - Over 1,500 Nursing Staff category' at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2021. The award recognised the introduction of a whole range of learning and development initiatives for clinical and non-clinical colleagues, this includes Spire's dedicated apprenticeship team which supports a wide variety of apprenticeships including BSc Physiotherapy and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide the multidisciplinary perioperative team with an exemplary sterile supplies service within the operating theatre suite.
• Lead the TSSU team and operationally manage the service ensuring all department staff work within the accreditation systems.
• Support the Theatre Manager in the overall management of the healthcare environment.

Who We're Looking For

• Sterile Service experience is essential.
• Leadership experience is essential.
• Flexibility to work on our rota.
• Happy with the physical nature of the role. Heavy lifting involved.

Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For more information, please contact Lyndsay Young on

About Us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to
'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'
. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.