Job summary
- Main area
- Sterile Services Decontamination
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (14:00 - 22:00, Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 040-EA045-0424
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grange University Hospital
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Decontamination Technician
Band 2
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior Decontamination Technician within the Hospital Sterilisation Disinfection Unit at the Grange University Hospital.
The Junior Decontamination Technician is integral to delivering both elective and emergency procedures.
We are therefore looking to recruit dynamic and motivated people who are able to work within a team and are eager to learn new skills and build on existing transferrable skills.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The primary function of the role is the reprocessing of reusable medical devices and endoscopes in in accordance with the departments Quality Management System and accreditation to ISO 13485:2016.
With the assistance and supervision from Senior Decontamination Technicians and Supervisors, you will be responsible for basic decontamination and departmental duties.
These duties include both reusable surgical instrumentation and endoscopy flexible endoscopes.
You will assist your colleagues in providing a specialised service to our customers/users and thereby contributing towards the clinical
care within the patients treatment pathway.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications and/or knoweldge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, systems and regulations gained through induction and on the job training
- Good communication in spoken and written English
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in Maths/Science
- Qualification in English
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous work experience within a Healthcare setting demonstrating team work
- Previous experience of working within industry setting demonstrating team work
Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to concentrate for long periods of time
- Basic IT skills
- Able to retain information
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
Values
Essential criteria
- Can communicate well in spoken English and understands written instructions
- To be able to remain calm
- Good time keeping
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel within geographical area when required
- Flexible approach to needs of the service
- Requires good dexterity skills
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanna Anstey
- Job title
- Service Improvement Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 233885
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