Assistant Technical Officer, GMS Band A

The Sterile Services Departments reprocess reusable surgical devices for internal theatre, wards, and outpatient clinics; we also provide a service to external GP surgeries and health centres. The department is operational seven days a week and the work we carry out is diverse, interesting and varied. We are a department where there is a lot to learn but we deliver a fascinating essential service with opportunities to develop and progress. We work together as a team to ensure the service provision is delivered on time with a commitment to putting the patient's procedures and wellbeing at the centre of what we do.

You will be working Sunday-Thursday 22.00 - 6.00 shift pattern.

We are looking for Assistant Technical Officers to join our team; we have 2 x 37.5 hrs in Gloucester and 1 x 15 hours weekend in Cheltenham.

Please note this job will attract GMS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS). Please see attached TCS for reference. Main duties of the job

• Good Communication & Interpersonal Skills
• Cleaning, inspection, assembling, packing instrument trays according to written and/or verbal work instructions.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good Retentive memory
• Ability to work on own initiative, independently and as part of a team
• Manual dexterity and the ability to handle heavy instrumentation
• Willingness to learn new skills
• No prior experience is required as full induction and training will be given
• Good PC skills in order to use departments tracking and traceability system
• Work on a rota basis, bank holidays and out of hours cover

Job responsibilities

• To undertake local induction training within the Sterile Services Department.
• To attend all Trust mandatory training including Corporate induction, GHNHSFT mandatory training (infection control, safety awareness, fire safety, information governance) and complete competencies relevant to the work area.
• The cleaning, inspection, assembling, packing, sealing and barcode-labelling of clinical packs, surgical instrument trays and associated equipment according to written and/or verbal work instructions.
• To complete the required tasks, providing timely service delivery to customers and service users by maintaining known deadlines.
• To ensure that all working environments within the department are maintained to a high clean standard whilst being tidy and safe at all times.
• Assist and sometimes manage staff training sessions in order to progress colleagues through all the required skill levels and develop a good understanding of decontamination practices.
• To ensure use of any appropriate personal protective equipment as required by task and management.
• To collect soiled/contaminated items and distribute sterile packs.
• To ensure adequate levels of equipment in customer areas at all times.
• To use the computer management systems for bar-coding, labelling, independent monitoring, instrument tracking and traceability.
• To respond to supervisors requests to reprioritise work to help ensure equipment is available and ready to use within customer/user deadlines.
• To test and operate specialist decontamination equipment and other major plant machinery.
• To report defects in specialist decontamination equipment and other major plant machinery to enable efficient and safe working practices.
• To assist in distribution and invoicing of goods and materials including the maintenance of stock levels of raw materials and processed items.
• To report defects in the infrastructure and the fabric of the department to enable safe and efficient working practices in line with written protocols and procedures.
• To deliver a high standard of customer service, communicating effectively with all levels of staff across departments (including all internal and external customers).
• In accordance with the Working Time Directive to work on a rota basis for out of hours cover, weekends and bank holidays as and when required.

Qualifications

• Maths C and above
• English C and above
• Good General Education
• NVQ in Decontamination

Experience

• Packaging and assembly and/or customer services experience
• Demonstrate ability to maintain the quality of your own work
• Previous experience of working with a Quality Management system
• Experience of working in clean room environment

Knowledge

• Proven record of dexterity
• Ability to concentrate on tasks for long periods of time
• Able to identify faults and damage to products
• Ability to learn and retain names and information relating to a large volume of complex products
• Experience of working in a clean room environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.