Job summary
We are recruiting for a knowledgeable and enthusiastic SSD/EDD Training Officer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for developing and delivering comprehensive training programs to ensure that all sterile services staff are fully equipped with the skill and knowledge needed to maintain highest standards of sterilisation and infection control. Your expertise will help to ensure that our patients receive safe and effective care.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Be responsible for the education and development of all staff including new staff across full departmental shift patterns.
Required to teach and educate decontamination staff to enable achievement of competencies within both sterile services and endoscopy decontamination in accordance with current regulations.
Required to devise and maintain educational strategies to ensure continued professional development of all decontamination staff
To provide collaborative link between all areas with Sterile Services and Endoscopy decontamination and the development of protocols for the recognition and management of the QMS processes
Required to act independently and work unsupervised to manage own workload, referring to the line manager as necessary
Support the SSD Manager with the maintenance of records for the SSD Quality Management System in line with required UK MDR and ISO 13485 accreditation.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Basic operator training for washer disinfectors, sterilisers and Endoscopy re-processors
- Evidence of certified in-house training within a sterile services department
- Evidence of continued professional development for SSD/EDD or equivalent experience to vocational level 3
- GSCE or equivalent qualifications
Desirable
- 1 st line supervisory or management training
- Teaching qualification
- HTM 01-01 user course
- HTM 01-06]
- Internal audit qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience working within a busy SSD/EDD environment
- Experience in mentoring Decontamination staff
- Experience in assessment methods
- Demonstrable commitment to learning
Desirable
- Experience at a supervisory level
- Experience in maintaining attendance records and training logs
- Experience in managing the work of others
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written & verbal communication and excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate and exchange technical information, both within and outside the trust
- Able to understand and implement manufactures guidelines for the reprocessing of re-usable medical devices
- Sound organisational skills and time management
- Able to orgainise and prioritise tasks of self and others
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to follow procedures and work under pressure
- Self-motivated and flexible
- Ability to be adaptive and respond well under pressure
- Ability to work alongside staff and influence change through staff development.
Desirable
- Knowledge of performance management
- Leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the standards expected in the Quality Assurance Systems and Medical Devices Regulations
- Knowledge of HTM-01 & HTM-06 guidance
- Knowledge of QMS and participation in audits
- Knowledge of testing & validation requirements for decontamination machinery
- Previous experience with a tracking system
Desirable
- Knowledge of performance management
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Basic operator training for washer disinfectors, sterilisers and Endoscopy re-processors
- Evidence of certified in-house training within a sterile services department
- Evidence of continued professional development for SSD/EDD or equivalent experience to vocational level 3
- GSCE or equivalent qualifications
Desirable
- 1 st line supervisory or management training
- Teaching qualification
- HTM 01-01 user course
- HTM 01-06]
- Internal audit qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience working within a busy SSD/EDD environment
- Experience in mentoring Decontamination staff
- Experience in assessment methods
- Demonstrable commitment to learning
Desirable
- Experience at a supervisory level
- Experience in maintaining attendance records and training logs
- Experience in managing the work of others
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written & verbal communication and excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to communicate and exchange technical information, both within and outside the trust
- Able to understand and implement manufactures guidelines for the reprocessing of re-usable medical devices
- Sound organisational skills and time management
- Able to orgainise and prioritise tasks of self and others
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to follow procedures and work under pressure
- Self-motivated and flexible
- Ability to be adaptive and respond well under pressure
- Ability to work alongside staff and influence change through staff development.
Desirable
- Knowledge of performance management
- Leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the standards expected in the Quality Assurance Systems and Medical Devices Regulations
- Knowledge of HTM-01 & HTM-06 guidance
- Knowledge of QMS and participation in audits
- Knowledge of testing & validation requirements for decontamination machinery
- Previous experience with a tracking system
Desirable
- Knowledge of performance management
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.
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.
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).
