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Medical Devices Support Technician

Witney
4 days ago
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Join a leading global medical device and healthcare company and play a crucial, hands-on role in ensuring our equipment meets the highest standards of safety and compliance.

Location: Sittingbourne, Kent

Pay Rate: £13 per hour

Shift: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm

The Role

We are seeking a meticulous and adaptable Medical Devices Support Technician to join our team in Sittingbourne. This role is essential for our operations, involving the direct handling and preparation of critical medical devices. You will be instrumental in ensuring our equipment and processes strictly meet both commercial and global/local compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

This is a hands-on role where you will be managing devices, supplies, and documentation. Your main responsibilities will include:

Equipment Management: Precisely handling the receiving, packing, and decontamination of medical equipment.
Inventory & Stores: Maintaining optimal stock levels of consumables to support the team and ensure maximum throughput and efficiency.
Safety & Compliance: Upholding excellent housekeeping to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) / Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) standards, strictly adhering to all safety recommendations, including proper PPE usage, and contributing to safety assessments.
Process Improvement: Proactively identifying and documenting potential improvements to processes and departmental documentation to enhance efficiency and safety.
Flexibility & Support: Providing flexible support to other areas of the business when required and undertaking general departmental duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring

PC Proficiency: Confident user of computers, with practical experience using databases and spreadsheets.
Focus & Consistency: An ability to maintain a high and consistent level of performance in a fast-paced environment.
Strong Work Ethic: A proactive, committed, and detail-oriented approach to your work.If you are looking for a hands-on role where your attention to detail directly impacts the quality of healthcare, we want to hear from you!

Interested? Please apply for this advert or call Lottie on (phone number removed) to discuss the opportunity further.

Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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