Job summary
- Main area
- Decontamination Services
- Grade
- Grade A
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 423-AGHS6324596A
- Employer
- AGH Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £23,614 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Decontamination Services Technician Bank Team (Grade A)
Grade A
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
We are looking for candidates to fulfil bank roles as Decontamination Services Technicians in our current team.
Working hours to cover day and evening shifts, Saturdays and Bank Holidays.
The department is operational Monday to Saturday weekday 8am to 12am midnight, Saturday 8am to 1pm
Please note: applicants must be OVER 18 years of age to apply for this position.
Main duties of the job
To undertake decontamination services duties and assist in providing a specialised decontamination of medical device contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilisation of reusable medical devices. Recording all tasks on the Health Edge computerised traceability systems.
Work in accordance with the department's work instructions and Quality Management systems.
To provide supervision to Apprentice Decontamination Technicians within the team.
Plan own workload with limited supervision
The role involves exposure to blood and bodily fluids.
Working for our organisation
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, as hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work in accordance with departmental policy, work instructions and Quality Management System.
To reprocess reusable medical devices, disassemble, clean, disinfect, check, assemble, sterilise, despatch and track in a controlled environment.
To provide advice and training to Apprentice Decontamination Technicians effectively.
To provide a collection and delivery service to the Decontamination Services department customers
To inform the Decontamination Technician Supervisors of any raw material shortages and ensure stock is rotated.
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent knowledge/or GCSE English & Maths at grade C or above
Desirable criteria
- Basic Microbiology Knowledge
Skills/Competencies
Essential criteria
- Basic IT Skills
- Ability to work accurately under pressure
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Healthcare/industry experience in health and safety and hygiene
Desirable criteria
- Working within a quality system and standard operating procedures
- Knowledge and experience in the decontamination of reusable medical devices
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of customer relations and dealing with a diverse customer base both face to face and over the telephone
- Proven experience of working within a healthcare/manufacturing environment
- Experience of working in a team but also able to work on own initiative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Anne Rodgers
- Job title
- Decontamination Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294081
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