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12 months Maternity Cover, working in the Endoscopy Decontamination Department (York), which provides a vital service decontaminating and reprocessing flexible Endoscopes, for use in the Endoscopy department and Theatres within the Trust. You will be involved in the cleaning, inspecting, packing, and distributing flexible endoscopes to the Endoscopy department and Theatres. The successful candidate will require attention to detail, and an eagerness and ability to learn.
We have a comprehensive in-house training package, which successful candidates will be expected to complete. The role is physically demanding; you will be required to lift and handle heavy instrument sets and endure long periods of standing. As a clinical support the department is operational 7 days a week, 8am to 7pm to meet the demands of the hospital.
The department is compliant to ISO 13485 Quality Management System. Previous experience working with a quality system or in decontamination is desirable but not essential.
Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at one of our York sites. Remote interviews will not be available
If you are a current NHS employee applying on a secondment basis you must seek approval from your current manager.
Please note: This post may become Permanent at the end of Fixed Term/Secondment.
- To undertake decontamination science duties and assist in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service, contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
- To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, disinfection, reassembly, packing, sterilization or high level disinfection of reusable medical devices.
- Record all tasks in the Healthcare Science Information Systems (tracking and tracing) database.
- To deal with all levels of customer queries via telephone and personal contact, including clinicians, nurses and other practitioners.
- To provide supervision to Apprentice Decontamination Technicians and other junior staff within the team.
- Work in accordance with the Department’s Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management System ISO13485:2016.
The role involves exposure to infectious material and bodily fluids.
Our Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a range of provider
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Trust Information Pack: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracy Spicer Job title: Decontamination Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01904 725502
