Sterile Services Assistant, Alex

4 weeks ago


Redditch, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

The HSDU (Sterile Services) department isan enthusiastic team who work in a busy fast paced department. The Sterile Services Department reprocessessurgical instruments for the Trust and surrounding areas. The department works from 6am to 10pm Mondayto Friday. Recently two new operating theatres have opened within the Alexandra Hospital to tackle the waiting list backlogfollowing the Covid pandemic. This has created more Sterile Services Assistant job opportunities within the HSDU department. The shift available is 3pm to 10pm Monday to Friday. This is a temporary 12 month contract to cover maternity leave Thedepartment offers a six month on the job training programme with anaccompanying I Learn qualifications. Thedepartment is looking to offer an NVQ qualification in the future. Opportunities do arise within the departmentto progress to a Supervisor and potentially a future manager.

Annual leave entitlement starts at 27days + Bank Holidays

29 days + BankHolidays (5 years)

33 days + Bank Holidays (10 years)

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are the collection of used surgical instruments, preparing the instruments for the washer disinfector. The reassembly of the surgical instrument trays, closely inspecting for cleanliness and damage, wrapping of the surgical instruments. The sterilisation and delivery of the reprocessed surgical instruments.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients Best use of resources Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake general duties within the Sterile ServicesDepartment including cleaning, inspecting, testing, assembling, checking,packing and sterilising of theatre instruments, ward instruments and operatingtheatre instrument trays. To collect anddeliver items to Wards, Departments and Theatres

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

Recognised qualification in Sterile Services IDSC, NVQ or similar

Experience

Desirable

Previous work in Sterile Services or clean room manufacturing department/hospital setting

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