An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified decontamination professional and experienced people manager to support the Decontamination Program Manager in leading the Sterile Services team. Excellent leadership skills are essential along with the ability to manage capacity and demand across two busy departments, HSDU and Endoscopy.
The post holder will be responsible for maintaining the Quality Management System ensuring the Sterilisation Department, including HSDU and Endoscopy is up to date with current legislation and standards. To liaise with the HSDU Deputy Manager and Supervisors ensuring staff are fully trained in all aspects of decontamination through the department’s competency-based training programme, decontamination processes and the department’s standard operating procedures
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Conduct working relationships across all grades of staff in a manner that reflects a service orientated department and respects Trust values.

• In the absence of the Decontamination Program Manager act as professional advisor to the Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC).
• Problem solve and demonstrate a positive approach to new challenges.
• This position requires a flexible approach to the development of services and

structures, embracing continuous quality improvement and the management of changes necessary to achieve organisational/Department objectives.

• Assist and lead where necessary on continuous improvement initiatives

throughout the services.

• Assist in implementing any recommendations relating to the HSDU Quality

Management System as a result of audit by the Notified Body.

• Provision of data and records to enable monitoring and compliance of the HSDU Quality Management System
• Able to work with a degree of flexibility to cover the needs of the service
• Monitor quality of work issued by the sterilise services through quality checks daily
• Initiates action plans for customer complaints
• Keeps Quality Management System up to date for continued compliance
• Looks towards quality improvements in service
• Ability to interpret changes to regulations, standards, and guidance and assess the impact on the Quality Management System.
• Ensure that Standard Operating Procedures are kept up to date and reflect current practice and are available in all areas for staff.
• To participate in the development of the decontamination services Quality Policy, Technical Files and Quality Manuals
• Ensure data integrity of records within the Quality Management Systems are kept securely.
• To ensure that the approved suppliers list is current and up to date
• To provide and communicate appropriate highly complex technical/scientific and sensitive advice to users (nursing and non-clinical) of the service, relating to the service provision

Please refer the Job description for details