Job summary
- Main area
- Sterile Services
- Grade
- GMS Band A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-24-GMS12766
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Managed Services
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Cheltenham General Hospital
- Town
- Cheltenham
- Salary
- £22,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/08/2024
Employer heading
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Assistant Technical Officer, GMS Band A- Sterile Services
GMS Band A
GMS provides the estates, facilities, sterile services and materials management services for the Trust. We provide services such as clinical equipment management, provision of facilities services such as catering, domestics, portering and linen, manage the construction and development of new and existing healthcare buildings and manage the building, engineering and grounds services.
GMS aims to provide a best value customer service which ensures a safe, compliant and sustainable environment, and that supports our customers to be efficient and effective in patient care.
Job overview
The Sterile Services Departments reprocess reusable surgical devices for internal theatre, wards, and outpatient clinics, we also provide a service to external GP Surgeries and Health Centre's. The department is operational seven days a week and the work we carry out is diverse, interesting and varied. We are a department where there is a lot to learn but we deliver a fascinating essential service with opportunities to develop and progress.
We work together as a team to ensure the service provision is delivered on time with a commitment to putting the patients procedures and wellbeing at the centre of what we do.
We are looking for full time (37.5 hours) Technicians to work Monday to Friday 4pm to 12pm, based at our department at Cheltenham General Hospital. The hours of work advertised will attract unsocial payments.
The proposed interview date is 20th August
Please note this job will attract GMS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) not Agenda for Change as stated.
Please see attached TCS for reference
Main duties of the job
Good Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Good attention to detail
Excellent customer services attributes
Good numeracy and literacy skills
Good retentive memory
Manual dexterity and the ability to handle heavy instrumentation
Willingness to learn new skills No prior experience is required as full induction and training will be given.
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Managed Service (GMS) is a subsidiary company owned by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to a NEST Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport and reward and recognition schemes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS
To attend all Trust mandatory training including:
- Corporate induction
- GHNHSFT mandatory training (to include Infection Control; Safety Awareness; Fire Safety; and Information Governance).
To undertake local induction training within the Sterile Services Department as required and complete competencies relevant to the work area.
The cleaning, inspection, assembling, packing, sealing and barcode-labelling of clinical packs, surgical instrument trays and associated equipment according to written and/or verbal work instructions.
To complete the required tasks, providing timely service delivery to customers and service users by maintaining known deadlines.
To ensure that all working environments within the department are maintained to a high clean standard whilst being tidy and safe at all times.
Assist and sometimes manage staff training sessions in order to progress colleagues through all the required skill levels and develop a good understanding of decontamination practices.
To ensure use of any appropriate personal protective equipment as required by task and management.
To collect soiled/contaminated items and distribute sterile packs.
To ensure adequate levels of equipment in customer areas at all times.
To use the computer management systems for bar-coding, labelling, independent monitoring, instrument tracking and traceability.
To respond to supervisors’ requests to reprioritise work to help ensure equipment is available and ready to use within customer/user deadlines.
To test and operate specialist decontamination equipment and other major plant machinery.
To report defects in specialist decontamination equipment and other major plant machinery to enable efficient and safe working practices.
To assist in distribution and invoicing of goods and materials including the maintenance of stock levels of raw materials and processed items.
To report defects in the infrastructure and the fabric of the department to enable safe and efficient working practices in line with written protocols and procedures.
To deliver a high standard of customer service, communicating effectively with all levels of staff across departments (including all internal and external customers).
In accordance with the Working Time Directive to work on a rota basis for out of hours cover, weekends and bank holidays as and when required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Maths C and above
- English C and above
- Good General Education
Desirable criteria
- NVQ in Decontamination
Experience
Essential criteria
- Packaging and assembly and/ or customer services experience
- Demonstrate ability to maintain the quality of your own work
Desirable criteria
- Previous Sterile Services/Clean room experience
- Previous experience of working with a Quality Management system
- Experience of working in clean room environment
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven record of dexterity
- Ability to concentrate on tasks for long periods of time
- Able to identify faults and damage to products
- Ability to learn and retain names and information relating to a large volume of complex products
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a clean room environment
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Veitch
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 6452
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