Job summary
Employer heading
BANK Band 2 Decontamination Technician
Band 2
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust has the largest NHS decontamination facility in the UK, which is based in Enfield.
The unit has the capacity to process 14 million surgical instruments and 140,000 flexible endoscopes a year providing a service to both the NHS and Private Hospitals. The service is open 7 days a week 24 hours a day. We are looking for individuals that are able to work flexibly, have good organisational skills attention to detail and can work to deadlines.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will offer Royal Free World Class Value based Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.
Your role will be to assist in the day-to-day reprocessing of equipment required for clinical use. Technicians are required to follow demonstrated training and work instructions to ensure production is to a high standards to maintain a quality service to patients / Customers. Persons will need to able to stand for long periods of time.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies, and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence could offer the opportunities on bank to working that works around your lifestyle.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about these roles and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Numeracy
- Literacy
Desirable criteria
- NVQ / TVQ Decontamination
- IT Literate
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of effective communication skills when dealing with staff and user/customer
Desirable criteria
- Previous Decontamination experience
- Previously worked with ISO13485/JAG/ BSG requirements
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Work to deadlines
- Follow routine and procedures
- Attention to detail
- Be able to plan and prioritize work requirements
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Work with minimal supervision
- Team Worker
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to continue personal development
Others
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexible shifts
- Able to work in all areas of the department – including distribution of stock.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Colin Knight
- Job title
- Decon Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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