Job Description

Decontamination Services encompasses the Sterile Services Department , Mattress Decontamination , and Endoscopy Decontamination .



The service is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining an accredited Quality Management System for the processing of medical devices and mattresses, in line with all relevant CQC , NICE , and medical device directives , regulations, legislation, and guidance.



We are committed to delivering and maintaining a high-quality sterilisation service for surgical instrumentation--whether produced in-house or purchased--essential to the operations of both on-site and off-site users. These include Operating Theatres , Wards , Outpatient Clinics , Radiology , Emergency Departments , Community Nursing , and Midwifery Services across NHS Trusts. Services are also extended to General Practitioners , Private Practices , and Nursing Homes .



Job Purpose



This role will be based in Sterile Services and includes the following key responsibilities:



Delivering a high-quality service for the reprocessing and sterilisation of instrument procedure packs and equipment for the Trust's wards, departments, theatres, and partner organisations.



Providing a high-quality service for the transporting, cleaning, and reprocessing of pressure-relieving and dynamic mattresses to wards and departments across the Trust in a timely manner.



Reprocessing used equipment to ensure it is supplied correctly, to the right place, at the right time.



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We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.



We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.



We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.



To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specification document