Sterile Services Technician

Job summary

The Sterile Services Department has an exciting opportunity for a Sterile Service Technician to join their team!

This is a 37.5 hour per week role, including shift rotation, one Saturday every 3 weeks and ad-hok on call working.

This role entails shift patterns between 06:00 - 00:30. Please ensure you are available to rotate through the shift pattern before submitting an application.

This is a Band 2 developmental plan, progressing to Band 3 once full training is completed.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake decontamination science duties and assist the workforce of Senior Technicians and supervisors, in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient throughout Somerset.
• To carry out the collection, receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilization and delivery of reusable medical devices.
• Work in accordance with the Department's Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems.
• To provide supervision to Decontamination Apprentice Technicians within the team.
• Plan your own workload with limited supervision

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!