Job summary
- Main area
- Band 7 Decontamination Quality Manager.
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 407-SURGERY-7291470
- Employer
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Walsall Healthcare Trust
- Town
- Walsall
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Decontamination Quality Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community. As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.
RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified decontamination professional and experienced people manager to support the Decontamination Program Manager in leading the Sterile Services team. Excellent leadership skills are essential along with the ability to manage capacity and demand across two busy departments, HSDU and Endoscopy.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for maintaining the Quality Management System ensuring the Sterilisation Department, including HSDU and Endoscopy is up to date with current legislation and standards. To liaise with the HSDU Deputy Manager and Supervisors ensuring staff are fully trained in all aspects of decontamination through the department’s competency-based training programme, decontamination processes and the department’s standard operating procedures
Working for our organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Conduct working relationships across all grades of staff in a manner that reflects a service orientated department and respects Trust values.
• In the absence of the Decontamination Program Manager act as professional advisor to the Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC).
• Problem solve and demonstrate a positive approach to new challenges.
• This position requires a flexible approach to the development of services and
structures, embracing continuous quality improvement and the management of changes necessary to achieve organisational/Department objectives.
• Assist and lead where necessary on continuous improvement initiatives
throughout the services.
• Assist in implementing any recommendations relating to the HSDU Quality
Management System as a result of audit by the Notified Body.
• Provision of data and records to enable monitoring and compliance of the HSDU Quality Management System
• Able to work with a degree of flexibility to cover the needs of the service
• Monitor quality of work issued by the sterilise services through quality checks daily
• Initiates action plans for customer complaints
• Keeps Quality Management System up to date for continued compliance
• Looks towards quality improvements in service
• Ability to interpret changes to regulations, standards, and guidance and assess the impact on the Quality Management System.
• Ensure that Standard Operating Procedures are kept up to date and reflect current practice and are available in all areas for staff.
• To participate in the development of the decontamination services Quality Policy, Technical Files and Quality Manuals
• Ensure data integrity of records within the Quality Management Systems are kept securely.
• To ensure that the approved suppliers list is current and up to date
• To provide and communicate appropriate highly complex technical/scientific and sensitive advice to users (nursing and non-clinical) of the service, relating to the service provision
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Postgraduate degree in Decontamination or an equivalent level of experience/knowledge through applied courses
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Significant Sterile Services and Endoscope Decontamination management experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- 01922 721172 Ext 7474
Experience
Essential criteria
- • • Decontamination qualification e.g. Technical Certificate/HTM Manager course/Endoscope Decontamination Manager Course
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of understanding and implementation of HTM/EN/HBN Standards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louisa Adams
- Job title
- Clinical Theatre Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01922 721172
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