Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

HSDU Assistant Technician

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Job summary

Working Full Time: 37.5 Hours Per Week

An Assistant Technician vacancy has arisen for an individual to become part of the HSDU Team. The successful individual will become proficient, through training, in providing Quality Sterilised goods and services to both Internal and External Customers.

  • To prepare goods and services for customers utilising all areas in department
  • To assist with distribution of sterile and clean supplies to theatre, wards and other departments
  • To undertake operation of equipment e.g. Washer disinfectors and sterilisers
  • Be receptive to training and development
  • To assist with stores handling and stock control
  • Give support to senior departmental staff
  • To contribute to an effective, motivated and competent workforce and comply with high quality standards
  • To comply with current systems for recording, collation, monitoring and feedback of appropriate information
  • To monitor and control Production within HSDU, ensuring that all priority requests and contractual turnaround times are adhered to.
  • To ensure that both the Trust & Departmental Values and Behaviours are adhered to at all times by all members of staff within the HSDU Department.
  • Previous experience of working within a Sterile Services Department is desirable but not essential as full training will be given

Main duties of the job

The successful individual will become proficient, through training, in providing Quality Sterilised goods and services to both Internal and External Customers.

  • To prepare goods and services for customers utilising all areas in department
  • To assist with distribution of sterile and clean supplies to theatre, wards and other departments
  • To undertake operation of equipment e.g. Washer disinfectors and sterilisers
  • Be receptive to training and development
  • To assist with stores handling and stock control
  • Give support to senior departmental staff
  • To contribute to an effective, motivated and competent workforce and comply with high quality standards
  • To comply with current systems for recording, collation, monitoring and feedback of appropriate information
  • To monitor and control Production within HSDU, ensuring that all priority requests and contractual turnaround times are adhered to.
  • To ensure that both the Trust & Departmental Values and Behaviours are adhered to at all times by all members of staff within the HSDU Department.
  • Previous experience of working within a Sterile Services Department is desirable but not essential as full training will be given

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

Details

Date posted

23 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

210-2023-792

Job locations

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE (or equivalent) Grade C or above in Maths and English

Desirable

  • Willing to undertake departmental qualification and any other training as required

Knowledge

Essential

  • Previous Experience of working within a Production Environment

Desirable

  • Previous Experience of working within a Sterile Services Department
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE (or equivalent) Grade C or above in Maths and English

Desirable

  • Willing to undertake departmental qualification and any other training as required

Knowledge

Essential

  • Previous Experience of working within a Production Environment

Desirable

  • Previous Experience of working within a Sterile Services Department

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


Employer's website

https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


Employer's website

https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HSDU Deputy & Quality Manager

Lesley Huxley

lesley.huxley@nhs.net

01244365618

Details

Date posted

23 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

210-2023-792

Job locations

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL


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