Decontamination Advisor

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Admin co-ordinator The Trust Decontamination Advisor is responsible for ensuring that the decontamination services across the Trust are compliant with relevant standards, and the Trust structure is statutorily compliant to meet the needs of the service and patients.

The role will ensure the provision of Trust wide advice and guidance on all matters relating to decontamination, medical equipment and reusable Medical Devices, demonstrating high levels of technical knowledge, skills and a proven track of high-quality performance.

• Provide specialised technical support to managers and clinicians on the appropriate arrangements of the overall process of decontamination and ensure separate records of decontamination processes are maintained and audited.
• Provide expert advice for the decontamination of all associated life cycling requirements including track and trace. This will include all current and future equipment purchases and the development of a strategy for re-usable medical devices in compliance with national decontamination guidelines.
• Provide expert professional advice to managers and clinicians on the decontamination of re- useable medical devices patient shared equipment and devices/equipment being proposed for use in trials and for research purposes for the Trust.
• Reviews and monitors equipment decontamination processes including validation tests and compliance.
• Provide advice and guidance to enable Trust-wide business planning for decontamination and medical equipment as required.
• Act as the Trust’s nominated person and be responsible via the DIPC for the decontamination of medical devices, providing assurance as necessary on issues arising. Ensure systems, policies and procedures are developed and maintained to comply with the latest legislative standards and national guidelines.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicin e
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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Develop, implement, and ensure the maintenance of quality control policies and procedures, consistent with the requirements of the MDD/93/42EEC, Health Technical Memorandums including, but not limited to, 01:01 & 01:06, also, ISO EN 13485, and NICE IPG196 Core requirements & NICE Guidance IPG666 and other national guidance (including professional societies and public heath bodies). Review the performance of all services against performance indicators, taking appropriate proactive/ corrective action when standards are not being achieved and apply lessons learned where possible.
Advise on compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance) and HTM series.
Ensure equipment used in decontamination processes is ‘fit for purpose’, maintained in a planned way and regularly tested, monitored and calibrated consistent with Department of Health Guidelines. Interpret results and remedy non-conformances that are identified.
Develop and review the impact of the Trust associated decontamination policies, making recommendations for change and monitoring compliance where appropriate.
Conduct, analyse and interpret Trust-wide decontamination audit results to ensure processes are in line with prescribed practice, identifying recommendations for remedial action to the Trust where appropriate and follow through on associated actions.
Act as Chairperson for the Trust’s Decontamination committee and be a member of the medical devices group and report to the Infection Prevention and Control Committee (IPCC).
Assess, identify, and escalate appropriately any decontamination risks, Health & Safety, Security and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) related to the Estates Department and external contractors.
Participate in research trials and equipment testing as part of the day-to-day activity of the rol

• Provide specialised technical support to managers and clinicians on the appropriate arrangements of the overall process of decontamination and ensure separate records of decontamination processes are maintained and audited.
• Provide expert advice for the decontamination of all associated life cycling requirements including track and trace. This will include all current and future equipment purchases and the development of a strategy for re-usable medical devices in compliance with national decontamination guidelines.
• Provide expert professional advice to managers and clinicians on the decontamination of re- useable medical devices patient shared equipment and devices/equipment being proposed for use in trials and for research purposes for the Trust.
• Reviews and monitors equipment decontamination processes including validation tests and compliance.
• Provide advice and guidance to enable Trust-wide business planning for decontamination and medical equipment as required.
• Act as the Trust’s nominated person and be responsible via the DIPC for the decontamination of medical devices, providing assurance as necessary on issues arising. Ensure systems, policies and procedures are developed and maintained to comply with the latest legislative standards and national guidelines