Sterile Services Technician

STERILE SERVICES TECHNICIAN - NIGHT SHIFT
Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team?Are you passionate about helping our incredible national health service make a difference? Do you care about keeping vulnerable patients safe?

This is a key role within the Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD) where, as part of a team, you will deliver all aspects of decontamination of medical surgical equipment.

Guided by supervisors in your work area, you will prepare, clean, pack, and sterilise medical devices in readiness for their use in a clinical environment.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• Receive used re-usable items for reprocessing
• Check, disassemble (as necessary), sort and prepare for relevant wash / decontamination process
• Load washer/disinfector
• Operate machinery and equipment e.g. Ultrasonic, washer/disinfector and supplementary equipment e.g. water gun
• Manual cleaning
• Disposal of used single use packing materials and supplementary items
• Maintain traceability in relation to above tasks

IAP (INSPECTION ASSEMBLY AND PACKING )

• Receive decontaminated equipment and instruments from washer/disinfector
• Identify all instruments
• Inspect each instrument for cleanliness, damage and basic function
• Assemble instruments according to check list (pack specification)
• Ensure instruments are complete
• Pack/wrap all re-processable equipment and instruments, ready for the sterilisation process
• Operate relevant machines and equipment e.g. heat sealer

AUTOCLAVING / STERILISING

• Daily testing of Autoclave e.g. Bowie Dick test
• Loading of unsterile packed items onto Autoclave trolley
• Operation of Autoclave
• Record and monitor cycles
• Unload sterile packed items from Autoclave
• Check / validate sterile loads
• Acceptance, cooling and release of sterile packs for distribution
• Assist with distribution of some pre-sterile packs from stores to theatres
• Maintain traceability in relation to above tasks

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.