Sterile Services Department/ Healthcare Assistant – Theatre

Job Description

Job title: Sterile Services Department/ Healthcare Assistant – Theatre

Company: Spire Healthcare

Job description: Job Description:

Spire Southbank Hospital are recruiting 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.
• 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).

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.

Key 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 surgicalinstruments 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 cleanroom
• Inspection and reassemble surgical instrumentation/equipment to a high-quality standard
• Wrap and pack surgical instrument sets within a cleanroom 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
• Communicate effectively and accurately exchange information with colleagues and customers to enable the prioritisation of instruments as necessary
• Deal courteously and professionally with colleagues to foster good team working relationships.
• Follow departmental documented policies and procedures at all times
• Test decontamination equipment according to relevant HTMs and departmental procedures on a dailybasis
• Stand for periods of time in production areas; with a frequentrequirement to exertmoderate physical effortwhilst unloading and loading carriages in/out of washer-disinfectors and autoclaves
• Record personally generated information, and accurately complete timesheets and work records.

The duties outlined above are not intended as a restrictive list and may be extendedor altered to include other tasks that are commensurate with the role

Expected salary:

Location: United Kingdom

Job date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 06:48:11 GMT

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