Job overview

• The endoscopy department has a designated decontamination service the post holder will be expected to have a sound knowledge of decontamination, guidelines and equipment traceability.
• To be responsible for managing the Endoscopy decontamination unit
• To provide a 24hr, 7 days a week, specialised, service contributing to the safe clinical care of the patient.
• To directly line manage staff working within the Endoscopy Decontamination Team including interviewing, recruitment, appraisal, and performance management.
• To be the Authorised Person (AP) for Endoscopy Decontamination in line with the HTM01.01. Part A. following appropriate training.
• To apply professional judgement and utilise specialist skills and detailed scientific knowledge to provide a high quality and timely service.
• To manage the Decontamination equipment and budget in line with the Medical Services Contacts.
• To plan and organise the broad range of activities, processes and procedures conducted by the speciality including future and strategies in conjunction with the Trust Decontamination Lead, Endoscopy Matron and General Manager.
• To work independently in all areas of the service and be able to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• To work unsupervised and manage workload with minimal managerial direction.

Main duties of the job

• To be directly responsible for the policies and procedures, and the strategic plans for the Endoscopy decontamination service.
• To act as a lead specialist in the field of decontamination ensuring that knowledge and skills are kept up to date via continuous professional development.
• To plan and prioritise the workflow of the services, including ensuring the optimal usage of staff and equipment to ensure effective flow.
  
• To manage and lead all the Endoscopy decontamination staff assigned including and not limited to recruitment and tension, staff off duty and leave, sickness absence and KPIs and staffing issues as they arise.
• To ensure high standards of service safety ensuring the Health & Safety of self, other staff and visitors are always maintained
• Lead responsibility for overseeing specialist maintenance on decontamination equipment to relevant standards.
• To provide, receive and interpret complex technical information in relation to services equipment and test results, using appropriate internal and external quality assurance and to carry out corrective action or inform senior staff as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.