Sterile Services Technician

Job Overview

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post. Shift work (weekday evenings, weekends, bank holidays, on call).

Grade: NHS AfC Band 2. Location: Southport Hospital, Southport. Salary: £25,272 per annum. Closing date: 03/07/2026.

Main Duties

• Participate in a duty rota that includes weekday evenings, weekends, bank holidays and on call commitments.
• Communicate relevant information within the team to ensure the continual and efficient running of the service.
• Liaise between decontamination personnel, customers and other healthcare staff politely and helpfully.
• Demonstrate competency and understanding of sterilisation and disinfection procedures.
• Report accidents or incidents, or faulty equipment to the supervisor and document procedures in accordance with departmental and Trust policies.
• Carry out additional new development or tasks as deemed necessary by management.

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numeracy skills essential.
• National Decontamination Training Programme or other equivalent decontamination qualification.
• Experience of quality system auditing valuable.

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience in a Sterile Services Department or medical device decontamination manufacturing or production environment.
• Experience working within a peri operative care setting or healthcare related clinical environment, such as theatres.

Skills

• Ability to work under pressure.
• Initiative.
• Flexible.
• Co operative.
• Professional.
• Teamwork.
• Motivated.

Other Requirements

• Working in uncomfortable or unpleasant physical conditions (e.g., exposure to blood, bone, body tissue).
• Ability to stand for long periods.
• Ability to move loads up to 12 kg and handle washer disinfectors and sterile instrument trays.
• Attention to detail in cleaning and inspecting instruments and devices.
• Organise workload and workflow effectively.
• Flexible to work required hours to meet department demands, including weekends, bank holidays and on call rota.

Benefits

• Generous pension scheme.
• Unsocial hours payments (where applicable).
• 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata).
• Access to NHS discounts.
• Staff health and wellbeing programme.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome people from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective, and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy/maternity and underrepresented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. We also offer a guaranteed interview for armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria.