Dental Decontamination Apprentice

Job summary

Solent NHS Trust are currently looking to recruit two apprentices to undertake an apprenticeship in dental decontamination.

The successful candidate will need to be motivated to be a self-directed learner, supported through the apprenticeship programme with one day a week study on the programme. You will need English and Maths at GCSE (A-C or 4-9) or Functional skills Level 2 as a minimum to be considered for this opportunity.

The service culture is one where learning and reflective practice are valued with regular group and individual supervision in place to support this. You will be fully supported to make the transition to this role and to develop your knowledge and skills in this exciting opportunity.

For further information on this apprenticeship, please contact Julia Pitt, Head of Quality and Professions on 07775557431 or Lisa Dugan, Operations Director on 07920028338.

Main duties of the job

In the role you will provide effective and efficient decontamination and sterilisation of re-usable medical devices for use in direct patient care, required by the dental surgeries in line with the dental service standard operating procedures, the Department of Health quality standards and DOH HTM01-05.

• Receiving and cleaning of contaminated equipment, inspection, testing, assembly, packing, sterilization of instruments and equipment for supply to surgeries.
• Perform Daily, Weekly and monthly tests on the decontamination equipment such as Sterilisers, Thermal Disinfectors and the maintenance of the dental hand pieces in line with Manufactures Instruction and DOH HTM 01-05.
• Labelling, dating and stock rotating of sets of instruments.
• Disposal of clinical and other waste.
• To be responsible for and professionally manage the receipt, processing and delivery of all relevant clinical, surgical devices and equipment.
• Ensure and comply with EEC medical devices directive, MRHA alerts.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.