About this role
Job summary Job Summary As a decontamination technician you will be responsible for the reprocessing of reusable medical & surgical instrument sets including specialist instrumentation, ensuring they are safe for use on patients. Full training will be provided to enable you to perform your duties to an acceptable standard and in compliance with written specifications & procedures. Once training has been completed you will be expected to work in all areas of the department and assist, as required, in the co-ordination of activities to meet with service demand. Key Working Relationships
The Central Decontamination Unit (CDU) is part of the Estates and Facilities Directorate, and works closely with the TACC Care Group. Staff at CDU regularly work together with theatre and clinic staff to ensure surgical instrumentation is fit for purpose and available to use when it is required.
Main duties of the job
Main duties are inspecting and processing all instrument trays that will be used on patients. Full training will be given to use the decontamination machinery.
You will be expected to work with in all the trusts guidlines.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
Please note that, in line with UKVI regulations, this vacancy does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route. As a result, we are unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position.
We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to GCSE Level with 3 passes (to include English and Maths)
Desirable
Qualification relating to sterile services
Experience Essential
Work in compliance with operational policies and procedures Able to effectively operate a computerised instrument tracking system Demonstrate an understanding of contamination control
Desirable
Knowledge of the sterile services workload Knowledge of a wide range of surgical instruments
Skills, Knowledge and Ability Essential
Able to use Microsoft and computer packages Able to effectively work as part of a team
Desirable
Able to communicate effectively with work colleagues
Attributes Essential
Adaptable and flexible in the approach to work Able to pay attention to detail, cope with repetitive work and stand for long periods of time To be professional to other members of the team.
Desirable
Possess good decision making qualities
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
Employer details Employer name Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Harrow street
Hull
HU3 4LB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)