BAND 4 - £13.57 PER HOUR

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Oxford Road Campus (MRI Complex) on Oxford Road, Manchester. We are looking for a Sterile Services Technician to join our friendly team. The Sterile Services department is at the heart of the Hospital; this critical service is responsible for the decontamination of medical devices for surgery and patient care. This is not a patient facing role but is very much patient focused and the patient is at the core of everything the department does.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

· Previous sterile services experience with a minimum of 6 months.
· Rigorous training will be given.
· Good communication skills, verbal and written, and basic computer literacy.
· Attention to detail and an overarching desire to deliver a high-quality service.
· A basic standard of general education with proven literacy and numeracy.
· Be physically active and able to work long hours on your feet.

· Perform a thorough damp dust of work areas prior to commencement of work
· Accepting used surgical instruments into the department ready to be reprocessed.
· Correctly loading the washer-disinfector and autoclave to ensure effective decontamination of the entire load.
· Ensuring a full inspection of the load is carried out prior to packaging the instruments for sterilization.
· Packaging instruments, when applicable, in accordance with Hospital policy.
· Recording and reporting any failed runs to the Theatre Manager.
· Reporting any problems/anticipated problems to the Theatre Manager as soon as possible.
· Inspecting all sterile packages for integrity once the load has cooled sufficiently and returning any compromised packages to be re-packaged and re-autoclaved.
· Returning decontaminated goods back to respective departments as soon as possible.
· Ensuring all items passed through a decontamination process have a traceability label attached/available.
· Ensuring all relevant paperwork within the department is completed.
· Undertaking daily checks of all machinery and keeping records of the checks.
· Ensuring appropriate stock levels are maintained within the department.
· Accepting and processing equipment from outside agencies