SSD Technician

at  Spire Healthcare

STERILE SERVICES TECHNICIAN | SSD | THEATRES | PRIVATE HOSPITAL | FULL TIME | PERMANENT | SLOUGH

Spire Thames Valley’s Sterile Services Department provides a vital service decontaminating and reprocessing surgical instruments for the whole hospital. You will be involved in the cleaning, inspecting, assembling, packing, sterilising and distributing surgical equipment according to hospital requirements. You will also be required to decontaminate endoscopes for our endoscopy department within the hospital. The successful candidate will require attention to detail, and an eagerness and ability to learn.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Knowledge of decontamination of medical devices is essential.
• Basic awareness of health & safety and hygiene.
• Someone who excels in working as part of a great team
• The flexibility to work on our rota
• Excellent communication skills
  Contract : Permanent
  Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours

• Undertake routine tasks related to individual’s health and well-being.
• Checking correct instruments are on trays pre and post decontamination.
• Pack instruments/consumables for sterilisation.
• Complete tracking systems accurately.
• Monitor repairs of instruments
• Checking functioning of sterilising and decontamination equipment according to manufacturers instructions
• Decontamination of flexible endoscopes