Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To undertake local induction training within the Sterile Services Department as To attend all Trust mandatory training including:

Corporate induction

GHNHSFT mandatory training (to include Infection Control; Safety Awareness; Fire Safety; and Information Governance).

- 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.