Job summary
- Main area
- Decontamination
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR2268-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Decontamination Supervisor
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
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If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Do you have Supervisor or Team leader experience in medical device manufacturing? Are you looking for the next step in your career? If you do, then you might be the person we are looking for!
We are looking to recruit a Night Shift Sterilisation and Decontamination Supervisor at Colchester Hospital. In this role you will join the departments’ group of team leaders looking after the busy, fast-moving Endoscopy Reprocessing and Sterile Services Department.
You will assist in providing a complete Decontamination service, including the reprocessing of flexible endoscopes. Previous experience in a decontamination service is desired. In-Job training will be provided by the current team leaders for a smooth transition.
Please note - This is a Night Shift position; Current hours are 2130 - 0700, 4 days a week
There will be opportunities for you to develop your current skills and attend further training.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining and supervising a busy Endoscopy Reprocessing and Sterile Services team.
Your new role would be to communicate and supervise enquires from users, and other members of healthcare staff in a polite and helpful manner, seeking scientific advice from Senior Decontamination Supervisors where required.
To supervise, organise and allocate work and /or train less experienced/qualified staff.
You will be expected to use knowledge and skills when making decisions with regard to non-conformances.
You will assist the Decontamination Operational Manager by supervising, organising and allocating work to your team and training members of
staff.
To monitor stocks of raw materials as requested and to take appropriate action on any deficiencies, assist in the evaluation of new products.
You will complete daily departmental checks, including consumable stock levels, complete shift handovers.
You will liaise with service users and service providers to help ensure a smooth running of the department, therefore effective verbal and written communication skills at all levels is a must.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience to NVQ3 through decontamination training and non-routine experience plus applied training to Foundation degree/diploma in medical device decontamination equivalent level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in all sections of the decontamination department, sterile services department and endoscope reprocessing department
- Experience of supervising less experienced/qualified staff
- Experience using decontamination equipment
- Can demonstrate the ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work to given schedules and rotas.
- Able to organise and manage their personal responsibilities, with referral to senior staff when required, in a timely and efficient manner.
- Prioritise urgent workload
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Keem
- Job title
- Decontamination Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 742471
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