Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team? We are currently recruiting Sterile Services Supervisor to support our busy department.
You will be responsible for performing a variety of duties associated with the efficient operation of Sterile Processing in order to ensure high quality product delivery and efficient service to customers.
The post holder will be required to work shifts including days, evenings and weekends
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be accountable for assisting, organising and supervising the production and provision of sterile supplies to wards, departments and clinics within University Hospital's Bristol and Weston and also to external customers.
The post holder is expected to ensure that the services provided are responsive to service needs. There is an expectation that the post holder will ensure that the workload is managed consistently and that the staff are supervised in all activities undertaken.
The post holder will be expected to be a role model and also to provide supervisory leadership to staff, which includes ensuring that efficient practices, quality policies and procedures are adhered to. Duties also include making adjustments to staff rotas and duties in relation to departmental workload when necessary.
The post holder will hold supervisory responsibility for designated work areas and will be responsible for ensuring the most efficient use of resources and working practices.
The post holder is expected to undertake training relevant to the job being undertaken and also to ensure that the quality of the service being delivered is to the agreed quality management standards. The post holder is also expected to provide training to staff as a routine aspect of the role.
For further main duties please see the job description document
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and details job description and person specification please see the job description document attached to this vacancy
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and details job description and person specification please see the job description document attached to this vacancy
Person Specification
CSSD Decontamination knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Sterile Services Environment
- Experience as working as part of a team
- Effective communication at all levels
- Ability to supervise others
- Ability to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self-management and drive for improvement
- Ability to prioritise - to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in sterile services or comparable department
- Experience NVQ level 3 or equivalent
- Experience of working in a team
- Knowledge and experience of sterile services relevant infection control procedures and practices
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective communication at all levels
- Good Organisational skills
- Ability to supervisor others
- Ability to priories - to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate clearly to a range of people
- Excellent and polite telephone manner
- Computer literacy - especially word, excel an email
- Ability to give constructive feedback to staff on their performance
- Dexterity - ability to handle/manoeuvre equipment/instruments across a wide range of sizes, weights and environments
- Ability to spend long periods of time standing
- Ability to work using own initiative
Aptitudes
Essential
- Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
- bility to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self management and drive for improvements.
- Analytical
- Personal Resilience
- Flexibility
- Work on own initiative
- Innovative
- Excellent Team Player
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Literacy and Numeracy skills
Person Specification
CSSD Decontamination knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a Sterile Services Environment
- Experience as working as part of a team
- Effective communication at all levels
- Ability to supervise others
- Ability to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self-management and drive for improvement
- Ability to prioritise - to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in sterile services or comparable department
- Experience NVQ level 3 or equivalent
- Experience of working in a team
- Knowledge and experience of sterile services relevant infection control procedures and practices
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective communication at all levels
- Good Organisational skills
- Ability to supervisor others
- Ability to priories - to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate clearly to a range of people
- Excellent and polite telephone manner
- Computer literacy - especially word, excel an email
- Ability to give constructive feedback to staff on their performance
- Dexterity - ability to handle/manoeuvre equipment/instruments across a wide range of sizes, weights and environments
- Ability to spend long periods of time standing
- Ability to work using own initiative
Aptitudes
Essential
- Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
- bility to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self management and drive for improvements.
- Analytical
- Personal Resilience
- Flexibility
- Work on own initiative
- Innovative
- Excellent Team Player
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Literacy and Numeracy skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
