Steriles Services Technician

Sterile Services Worker

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Covering shifts at Ipswich Hospital – IP4 5PD and Colchester Hospital, CO4 5JL

Band 2 - £12.21 - £17.22 (Shift dependant)

Monday – Friday working 37.5 hours per week on a mix of shifts covering 06:00-14:00, 14:00-22:00 & 22:00-06:00

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospitals. We are looking for 5 Sterile Service workers to join our friendly team. The Sterile Services department is at the heart of the Hospital, this critical service is responsible for the decontamination of medical devices for surgery and patient care. This is not a patient facing role but is very much patient focused and the patient is at the core of everything we do.

This is a full-time temporary role, covering shifts at Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital

You’ll join a 3-month training programme based at Ipswich Hospital, running Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm (you must be available to attend within these times).

Your duties will include but are not limited to:

• The safe collection and handling of potentially infected instrumentation prior to decontamination.
  
  
• The preparation, sterilisation, quality assurance and distribution of surgical instruments and soft packs to operating theatres and other hospital departments.
  
  
• Packaging instruments, when applicable, in accordance with Hospital policy.
  
  
• Inspecting all sterile packages for integrity once the load has cooled sufficiently and returning any compromised packages to be re-packaged and re-autoclaved.
  
  
• Ensuring all items passed through a decontamination process have a traceability label attached/available.
  
  
• Perform quality checks, ensuring all relevant paperwork within the department is completed.
  
  Skills required:
  
  
• Evidence of previous sterile services experience preferred but not essential
  
  
• Experience working within a Hospital setting is advantageous.
  
  
• A basic standard of general education with proven literacy and numeracy.
  
  
• Good communication skills, verbal and written, and basic computer literacy.
  
  
• Attention to detail and an overarching desire to deliver a high-quality service.
  
  
• Must be able to handle manual handling duties up to 13kg.
  
  In return for your hard work and commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: –
  
  • Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
  
  • First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
  
  • Dedicated consultants
  
  • Flexible working options
  
  • Free DBS and free training
  
  • Build holiday allowance
  
  • Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days
  
  • Stakeholder pension scheme
  
  Who are NHS Professionals?
  
  NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
  
  Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
  
  Disclaimer
  
  Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion