Job summary
- Main area
- Sterile Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Saturday & Sunday 06:00 - 21:30)
- Job ref
- 435-UHMBL290125
- Employer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Sterilisation / Endoscopy Technician - Sterile Services
NHS AfC: Band 3
- Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)
The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.
Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.
We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.
One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
We have a vacancy within the accredited Sterile Services Department at Royal Lancaster Infirmary for 1 part time Sterilisation Technician working:-
Saturday & Sunday, 06:00 - 21:30
You will be responsible for the decontamination and sterilisation of surgical instruments and providing sterile procedure packs to Endoscopy and the NHS Trust.
Experience of working in an accredited Sterile Services unit is preferable. However training will be offered to right candidate.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the decontamination and sterilisation of surgical instruments and providing sterile procedure packs and Endoscopy for our NHS Trust, the PCT and the community for which it serves.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Decontamination experience
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Sterile Services or hospital experience
Skills, Ability & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills verbal and written
- To work under pressure and as part of a team or alone
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gary Barker
- Job title
- Quality & Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524 551346
- Additional information
Gary Barker, Quality & Operational Manager, 07813 364216
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