Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Sterile Services - RVI
- Grade
- Band 2 to Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift pattern includes working bank holidays and weekends)
- Job ref
- 317-2025-43-07-DR-VA1
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £24,465 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/11/2025
Employer heading
Trainee Sterilisation Technician
Band 2 to Band 3
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Sterile Services Department, Trainee Sterilisation Technician based within the RVI and Freeman Hospitals. This role involves working under direction of a team of supervisors as part of a larger team to reprocess medical devices for use in theatres, wards and the community.
Successful applicant will start on a BAND 2 and progress to a BAND 3 on successful completion of the in house training programme.
Please be aware this is a physically demanding role and we would strongly advise any interested applicants to contact the department to arrange an informal discussion and departmental visit.
- Interview Date: Tuesday 18 November 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes per a week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a team Sterilisation Technicians to assist with the efficient processing and preparation of contaminated re-useable surgical instrumentation for use in the hospital operating theatres, wards, and clinics for patient procedures. This will also include the reprocessing of endoscopes in the endoscopy SSD.
· Duties include stock control, general housekeeping, record keeping and the reprocessing of flexible endoscopes.
· The successful applicant will be trained in all aspects of the role and will be expected to achieve the In House Training programme to progress to a band 3.
· The successful applicant will have good communication skills, basic IT knowledge, health and safety knowledge, customer care experience and an enthusiastic willingness to learn.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
· Freeman Hospital
· Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
· Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
· Newcastle Dental Hospital
· Newcastle Fertility Centre
· Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
· Northern Genetics Service
· Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Band 2 - Job Purpose
- To work as part of a team Sterilisation Technicians to assist with the efficient processing and preparation of contaminated re-useable surgical instrumentation for use in the hospital operating theatres, wards, and clinics for patient procedures. Reprocess endoscopes in endoscopy SSD
- All staff will be required to achieve the Sterile Services Department Decontamination Training Programme.
- Staff will be required to rotate on all five sterile service departments therefore, it is essential that they have knowledge of all clinic/ward’s theatres equipment.
- To abide by Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Flexible to the needs of the service and shift patterns.
Band 3 - Job Purpose
- To work as part of a team of Sterilisation Technicians, to provide the efficient processing and preparation of contaminated re-usable surgical instrumentation for use in the hospital operating theatres, endoscopy departments, wards and departments for patients procedures.
- Staff will be required to rotate on all five sterile service departments; therefore it is essential that they have knowledge of all clinic/wards theatres equipment.
- To abide by the Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Contribute to housekeeping and other departmental duties as required, eg general tidiness, pre-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly
Person specification
Band 2
Essential criteria
- English and Maths at level 1 or equivalent (GCSE 3-2 or D-E or Functional Key Skills at Level 1)
- Health and safety knowledge
- Basic IT skills
- Good communication skills both written and verbal, ability to relate to all grades of staff
- Able to work under direction as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- English and Maths at Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE 9-4 or A*-C or Functional Skills Level 2)
- Previous hospital or sterile service experience
- Insight into use and care of machinery
Band 3
Essential criteria
- English and Maths at Level 1 or equivalent (GCSE 3-2 or D-E or Functional Key Skills at Level 1.
- Basic IT knowledge.
- Health and Safety knowledge.
- Good communication skills both written and verbal, ability to relate to all grades of staff
Desirable criteria
- English and Maths at Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE 9-4 or A*-C or Functional Skills Level 2
- Previous Sterile Services or Hospital experience.
- Insight into use and care of machinery.
- Completed the Sterile Services Department Decontamination Training Programme
- Knowledge of all clinic/wards theatres equipment.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kerry Clark
- Job title
- Sterile Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01912829422
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