Job summary
- Main area
- Sterilisation Support Assistant
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-NN-6226388-A&C
- Employer
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Kingston Upon Thames
- Salary
- £27,129 - £28,649 p.a. Incl. Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Sterilisation Support Assistant
Band 3
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
The post holder will support and deputies for the Sterilisation Team on the operational and strategic management of sterile services with the trust’s external sterilisation service to maintain and improve the quality of surgical instrumentation within the trust.
The primary activity will be to undertake a range of supervised direct care duties, which are clearly prescribed both in this document and in more detail in the core competency list for the grade.
To carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of and supervised by sterilisation senior member of team and to provide equipment support to ensure efficient theatre operations.
To work collaboratively with wide range of staff, clinical Team, managers, infection control, Steris team and representatives as appropriate with issues pertaining to reusable medical devices.
To assist in the reprocessing and distribution of medical and surgical reusable devices for use in patient care.
Main duties of the job
To actively participate in all areas are covered and re-organising the working practices when necessary to meet the service demands.
To monitor stock availability of sets /supplementary as requested and to take appropriate action on any deficiencies.
To prioritise work based on known or probable needs of Theatres/Departments, and deal with problems as they arise.
To act as a link person between Theatres and the Sterile Services Unit and ensuring high levels of communication.
Work very closely with the Theatre Team to monitor and plan for the efficient usage of reusable medical devices and loan equipment to meet service needs.
Ensure efficient provision of sterile packs and instruments that are required by Theatres for the operating lists and associated departments
Assisting Trust Sterilisation team to support the monitoring of the sterile services provider, Steris performance, monitoring, maintaining and analyses the non-conformity in accordance with data analysis by reviewing and taking corrective action behalf of for the customer.
Working for our organisation
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this our four values are that we are all:-
Caring – we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants
Safe – we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible – all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
And that we:
Value each other – we all value each other’s contribution.
Inspiring – We aim to motivate and inspire not only ourselves but our colleagues to improve health care provision
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached supporting document which contains more and the person specification for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Secondary Education (GCSE)
- Demonstration of Numeracy and Literacy skills
- An equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training/experience
Desirable criteria
- GCSE Maths and English or equivalent qualification
- NVQ Level 2
- IDSc Technical Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a Sterile Services Department or Theatre
- Experience of working successfully as part of a busy team
- Experience of compliance with quality management systems for all aspects of decontamination process
- Sufficient knowledge of Theatre surgical instrumentation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a Decontamination Department or Theatre
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and oral communication skills at all levels, internally and external
- Ability to cope with work pressures and manage time effectively.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Good negotiating skills.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an awareness of keeping the clinical environment safe and clean
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Remya prakash-Remany
- Job title
- Sterilisation Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385002004
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