East and North Herts NHS Trust

Sterile Services Supervisor

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Job summary

We are recruiting for a Sterile Services Supervisor who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are seeking a highly motivated Sterile Services Supervisor within our Sterile Services team. As a supervisor, you will play a critical role in ensuring the highest standards of sterilisation and infection control across our healthcare facility.

You will manage daily operations, oversee staff, and ensure compliance with industry regulations to support the safety and well being of our patients and staff.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The Sterile Services Supervisor will have the overall responsibility for the supervision of all Trainee and Technician staff within the decontamination unit areas.

The post holder is required to adhere to their responsibilities as recommended in HTM01 & HTM 06 guidance and to adhere to the standards expected of the UK MDR regulations and ISO13485:2016 (Quality Assurance/Systems Regulations)

The post holder is required to support the SSD Team Leaders with the maintenance of records for the SSD Quality Management System in line with required UK MDR and ISO 13485 accreditation.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

26 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-6616864

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys mill lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within a busy SSD/EDD environment
  • Experience in mentoring Decontamination staff
  • Experience in assessment methods
  • Experience in managing the work of others

Desirable

  • Experience at a supervisory level
  • Experience in maintaining attendance records and training logs

Skills

Essential

  • Good leadership skills
  • Good written & verbal communication and excellent interpersonal skills including computer skills
  • Able to communicate and exchange technical information, both within and outside the trust
  • Able to understand and implement manufactures guidelines for the reprocessing of re-usable medical devices
  • Good organisational skills and time management
  • Able to orgainise and prioritise tasks of self and others
  • Ability to follow procedures and work under pressure,

Desirable

  • Ability to work alongside staff and influence change through staff development.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic operator training for washer disinfectors, sterilisers and Endoscopy re-processors
  • Evidence of certified in-house training within a sterile services department
  • Evidence of continued professional development for SSD/EDD or equivalent experience to vocational level 3

Desirable

  • 1 st line supervisory or management training
  • NVQ in decontamination
Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within a busy SSD/EDD environment
  • Experience in mentoring Decontamination staff
  • Experience in assessment methods
  • Experience in managing the work of others

Desirable

  • Experience at a supervisory level
  • Experience in maintaining attendance records and training logs

Skills

Essential

  • Good leadership skills
  • Good written & verbal communication and excellent interpersonal skills including computer skills
  • Able to communicate and exchange technical information, both within and outside the trust
  • Able to understand and implement manufactures guidelines for the reprocessing of re-usable medical devices
  • Good organisational skills and time management
  • Able to orgainise and prioritise tasks of self and others
  • Ability to follow procedures and work under pressure,

Desirable

  • Ability to work alongside staff and influence change through staff development.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic operator training for washer disinfectors, sterilisers and Endoscopy re-processors
  • Evidence of certified in-house training within a sterile services department
  • Evidence of continued professional development for SSD/EDD or equivalent experience to vocational level 3

Desirable

  • 1 st line supervisory or management training
  • NVQ in decontamination

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys mill lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys mill lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

SSD Manager

Tracy Jackson

T.Jackson@nhs.net

01438284377

Details

Date posted

26 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-6616864

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys mill lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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