Decontamination Support Worker

at  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

An opportunity has arisen to work within the Decontamination Distribution Department at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals as a Decontamination Support Worker. This post will alternate between sites within the trust, therefore the successful candidate will be required to travel to both Maidstone and Pembury.
You will work within a small team and be responsible for ensuring that sterile equipment for theatres, wards and departments is available and in good condition. The post holder will need to be flexible in their approach to given tasks with the ability to work both independently and as part of the team.
The role will include the delivery of clean surgical instrumentation to theatres, wards and departments, checking the integrity of sets prior to delivery to ensure sterility has been maintained for the end user. The role also incorporates other tasks to assist other departments within the trust and these will be discussed at interview.
You will be required to work 37.5 hours a week between 8am-7pm Monday – Friday and weekends on a rota basis. Currently set at one weekend in four.
The role will also involve assisting with repair and quarantine processes and assisting with loan kit process. You will scan and receive clean sets, scan and send dirty sets away for processing, undertake deliveries to wards, departments and theatres, manage the repair of surgical instrumentation and assist the supervisor and coordinator with other related tasks associated with decontamination.
You would benefit from having the following attributes: basic computer skills, good people skills and a flexible approach to working.
You must be able to carry out manual handling duties as this role will involve the movement of large trolleys around the hospital.
We are a small hard working team who work closely together to ensure the theatre department and other areas using sterile equipment for patients have what they need. Our work is critical to the smooth running of patient services.
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children) .
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 7th February 2025

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