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Job summary

Main area
Decontamination
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Weekend working 1-5, weekend on call inc Bank holidays)
Job ref
214-SRG-7271989
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kings Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton in Ashfield
Salary
£24,465 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Technical Officer Decontamination

NHS AfC: Band 2

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality healthcare support services? Join our dedicated Sterile Services team as an Assistant Technical Officer – Decontamination, where your work will directly impact patient safety and care across the Trust.

As an Assistant Technical Officer – Decontamination, you will play a vital role in supporting the safe and effective delivery of healthcare services across the Trust. Based in the Sterile Services Department, you will be part of a highly skilled and dedicated team responsible for ensuring that all reusable medical devices and equipment are decontaminated, sterilised and returned to clinical areas in a timely and compliant manner.

This is a hands-on, operational role where attention to detail, adherence to strict protocols, and a commitment to patient safety are essential. You will work across multiple areas of the Decontamination Service, including:

  • Sterile Services – reprocessing surgical instruments and procedure packs.
  • Mattress Decontamination – cleaning and reprocessing pressure-relieving and dynamic mattresses.
  • Endoscopy Decontamination – supporting the safe turnaround of endoscopic equipment.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced, regulated environment where your contribution is critical to infection prevention and patient care. You’ll receive full training and support, with opportunities to develop your skills and progress within the decontamination and sterile services field.

Main duties of the job

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

Working for our organisation

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. 

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Health & Safety issues Moving & handling procedures

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Adequate level of education to perform in the role; for example, pass grade in GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent, to demonstrate appropriate level of literacy and numeracy
  • Basic keyboard skills.
Desirable criteria
  • GCSE Maths and English Apprenticeship - Decontamination

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Training in all aspects of departmental processes required
Desirable criteria
  • NHS National Decontamination Training Programme

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Experience of working in a Decontamination Service

Contractual

Essential criteria
  • Medically cleared by Occupational Health as fit to undertake the duties & responsibilities of the role
  • Bank holiday cover
  • On-call rota
  • Saturday and Sunday working rota
  • Service provision to both King’s Mill Hospital and Newark sites

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodCarer Friendly Employer 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare4NottsTime to changeFair Train Silver StandardStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie White
Job title
Service Manager Decontamination
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
Additional information

Ext: 3181

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