4330 - Decontamination Senior Supervisor

Job summary

INTERVIEW DATE: W/C 21st April 2025

Decontamination Services within BFS provides a decontamination service, for both surgical instruments and endoscopes, to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and several other NHS and Private Providers in the surrounding areas.

An exciting opportunity has now become available for the right candidate to support the Decontamination Leadership Team as Decontamination Senior Supervisor. You will be part of a strong managerial support team including a Head of Operations, a Production Manager, a Quality Manager and the entire Supervisory Team, you will be responsible for looking after the Supervisory Team.

If you are a person with a positive "Can do" attitude who wants to make a difference in their workplace then this is the role for you!

This is an exciting and engaging opportunity for the candidate to grow on the job. We are looking for someone thoughtful who has enthusiasm for managing and supporting the team, and for someone who is looking to thrive in a role that requires genuine autonomy and the chance to work as part of a continually changing environment.

Certificates of Sponsorship

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Main duties of the job

Responsible for the supervision of the Supervisors within the Department

To work in accordance with Departmental Policy, Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems

Meet the demands of the Departments workload whilst consistently achieving high quality standards

To lead on Health and Safety duties as per Policies and Regulations

To lead as required on Operational and Technical duties of the unit as per required

To Lead Team development by mean of carrying appraisals and escalating any potential training needs

To comply with all components of the Trusts Infection Control Policy and the Hygiene Code as per the IP&C policy

To support the management of external customers and logistics services

To deputise for the Decontamination Production manager as required

To maintain compliance to all statutory and mandatory training as defined by the organisation and service needs

To comply with the Departments training programme and undertake training in line with the development of the post, as agreed with line manager

To continually develop and maintain a portfolio of evidence of training and CPD activities

To have an understanding of the Departments Quality Policy, Quality Manual and Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that a high standard of work is maintained at all times

To have IT skills

To work towards the Technical Certificate or Level 3 equivalent

To work towards the Leadership Qualification in line with the role

About us

Please note that BFS reserves the right to close a position early.

Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS has over 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, we take pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services.

BFS are passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pride in what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHS standards.

We believe in our people, and our ethos is to put our customers and team at the heart of everything we do.

Our vision is to provide quality essential services, growing for the ultimate benefit of public healthcare and beyond.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.