Job vacancy: Endoscopy Decontamination Manager, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Job summary

Main area: Decontamination
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 190-1194-DIR

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2026 23:59
Interview date: 03/02/2026

Endoscopy Decontamination Manager

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

GCSE standard of education including English and mathematics at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent)
Degree in a management or Decontamination related discipline
Experience of maintaining quality systems and auditing procedures

Desirable criteria

Chartered Membership of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences or equivalent.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of staff management or supervision incorporating recruitment and selection of staff in line with personnel policies and procedures
Experience of managing information, monitoring KPI’s and sharing / presenting data.
A detailed knowledge of decontamination equipment and procedures used in the re-processing of medical devices
Experience of maintaining quality systems and auditing procedures
Experience of working with a multidisciplinary organisation with an ability to monitor service users service level agreements.
Experience of budget and financial management

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Evidence of developing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of professionals and service users/customers
Experience communicating directly with service users/customers, both face-to-face and over the ‘phone
An awareness of the challenges currently facing the NHS
Experience using databases to manage information as well as share and analyse data
Demonstrate leadership skills and the ability to motivate others and demonstrate honesty, integrity, fairness and tenacity
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills encompassing both teamwork and customer service. The ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff and staff at all levels
Experience of using Microsoft Office software packages such as Word, Excel, power point
Experience or an understanding of the recruitment and staff management process via TRAC’s or other recording and reporting systems
A clear understanding of confidentiality when dealing with matter relating to staff and patients
Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise and unpredictable workload with frequent disruption
An ability and interest in coaching staff to improve performance
Enthusiasm and ability to seek out and resolve problems to improve patient care

Desirable criteria

An understanding of clinical governance

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.

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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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