Sterile Services Team Leader

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

**Position Summary**:
To oversee the provision of a high-quality service for cleaning, inspection, assembly and packing of sterile equipment for hospital and community settings.

**Duties**:

- To effectively and efficiently oversee the preparation of the sterile consumables (dressings, linen, instruments and equipment) by the process of cleaning, inspection, assembly and packing within predefined quality standards
- To oversee and rigorously check, wash, lay-up and pack sets of theatre instruments to meet contract specifications within predefined quality standards.
- To safely operate and monitor machines and equipment (driers, washers, sterilisers) effectively and efficiently.
- To oversee that repairs and missing instruments or equipment are recorded and logged on the Tracking and Traceability computer system.
- To oversee that repaired instruments or equipment are returned to stock or the appropriate coded sets.
- To ensure that instruments not recorded on the computer system and supplementary instruments not identified by hospital are correctly tagged and labelled and logged into the system.
- To proactively monitor evaluate and ensure that operational activities fully comply with required Health and Safety procedures and guidelines.
- To ensure that all designated staff are kept informed and trained on individual and team health and safety procedures in the workplace.

**Duties - cont'd**:

- To ensure that designated staff are aware of fire safety procedures and to act as designated area Fire Officer.
- To participate as an integral member of the sterile processing team and to actively contribute to suggestions on innovation, continuous improvement and best practice.
- To monitor and ensure that all production processed by designated team conforms to Synergy Healthcare Sterilisation Services quality guidelines and ensuring complete contamination control.
- To effectively control the use of materials, equipment and consumables within the team wok location, reporting re-occurring faults and informing the Shift Supervisor/Production Manager of any other requirements.
- To actively assist and support the Shift Supervisor/Production Manager in the planning and operational process.
- To monitor absence levels, maintaining accurate records and liaising with team members
- To support and guide team members in line with the principles of Performance Management, setting and reviewing goals, acting as a mentor to the team and identifying training and development needs.
- To undertake any other duties or tasks as reasonably required.

**Education Degree**:
**Required Experience**:

- Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development and training
- TVQ or NVQ Level 3 in Decontamination or equivalent experience.

**Preferred Experience**:

- H&S Awareness
- COSHH
- Fire Safety
- Manual Handling

**Skills**:

- Ability to carry out instructions accurately.
- Ability to follow procedures.
- Ability to learn and understand the instruments and trays.
- Basic end user IT skills to operate the track and traceability (Trakstar) IT system.

STERIS is a leading provider of products and services that meet the needs of growth areas within Healthcare: procedures, devices, vaccines and biologics. We exist to fulfill our MISSION TO HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD. STERIS is a $3B, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 16,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.