Job Description
Sterile Services Technician | Spire Murrayfield Hospital - Edinburgh | Full time - 3 x 12.5 hour shifts per week | Permanent
Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking for a Sterile Services Technician to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, assisting the Sterile Service Department Lead in maintaining high-quality standards through the delivery of sterile medical devices to service users.
The SST will take responsibility for the receipt, production, assembly and distribution of all sterile surgical instrument sets and sterile supplementary instruments (re)processed within the sterile service department (SSD).
The ideal candidate will undertake duties in accordance with the current legislation, national guidance, Spire Healthcare policies, the department’s established quality management system and procedures at all times throughout the decontamination cycle, thus ensuring safe systems are adhered to for patient safety.
Duties And Responsibilities
- (Re)process complex surgical instrumentation across a range of specialities that are contaminated with blood and body fluids
- Physically push trolleys, lift sets repeatedly, load/unload autoclaves/washers, and have the dexterity to inspect surgical instruments sets
- Operate machinery used for the (re)processing of surgical instrumentation i.e. washer-disinfectors, heat sealers, ultrasonic baths, autoclaves etc
- Use computers for traceability of items (re)processed &/or legible completion of manual traceability forms
- Reprocess potentially contaminated surgical instrumentation MRSA, MSSA, Hep B, Hep C, HIV and follow IPC guidance
- Check the parameters of the washer-disinfector after each cycle to ensure the correct parameters have been achieved before releasing into the clean room
- Inspection and reassemble surgical instrumentation/equipment to a high-quality standard
- Wrap and pack surgical instrument sets within a clean room environment via approved methods to ensure the integrity of the wrap/packing is maintained to a quality standard
- Sterilise instrumentation/equipment via use of the autoclaves, ensuring the appropriate sterilisation cycle is chosen
- Check parameters of each successful sterilisation cycle and ensure required parameters have been achieved before releasing the load from the autoclave into the cooling/dispatch area
- Collect used equipment from designated collection points within the hospital, ensuring correct transportation systems are used when collecting used instrumentation
- Assist in the stock control of the department as per schedules and the re-ordering system
The Ideal Candidate
- Good level of literacy
- Basic awareness of health, safety and hygiene
- Flexible working within shift duties
- Previous experience as a Sterile Services Technician
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Free Bupa wellness screening
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
About Us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.
We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to
'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
About The Team
Since 1984 Spire Edinburgh Hospitals have been delivering outstanding healthcare in the east of Scotland. We work with leading consultant physicians and surgeons to offer an extensive suite of services for diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions.
