Sterile Services Assistant | Spire Murrayfield Hospital - Edinburgh | Full time | Permanent

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking for a Sterile Services Assistant to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, assisting the Sterile Service Department Lead in maintaining high-quality standards through the delivery of sterile medical devices to service users.

You will take responsibility for the receipt, production, assembly and distribution of all sterile surgical instrument sets and sterile supplementary instruments (re)processed within the sterile service department (SSD).
The ideal candidate will undertake duties in accordance with the current legislation, national guidance, Spire Healthcare policies, the department’s established quality management system and procedures at all times throughout the decontamination cycle, thus ensuring safe systems are adhered to for patient safety.

Duties and responsibilities:

(Re)process complex surgical instrumentation across a range of specialities that are contaminated with blood and body fluids
Physically push trolleys, lift sets repeatedly, load/unload autoclaves/washers, and have the dexterity to inspect surgical instruments sets
Operate machinery used for the (re)processing of surgical instrumentation i.e. washer-disinfectors, heat sealers, ultrasonic baths, autoclaves etc
Use computers for traceability of items (re)processed &/or legible completion of manual traceability forms
Reprocess potentially contaminated surgical instrumentation MRSA, MSSA, Hep B, Hep C, HIV and follow IPC guidance
Check the parameters of the washer-disinfector after each cycle to ensure the correct parameters have been achieved before releasing into the clean room
Inspection and reassemble surgical instrumentation/equipment to a high-quality standard
Wrap and pack surgical instrument sets within a clean room environment via approved methods to ensure the integrity of the wrap/packing is maintained to a quality standard
Sterilise instrumentation/equipment via use of the autoclaves, ensuring the appropriate sterilisation cycle is chosen
Check parameters of each successful sterilisation cycle and ensure required parameters have been achieved before releasing the load from the autoclave into the cooling/dispatch area
Collect used equipment from designated collection points within the hospital, ensuring correct transportation systems are used when collecting used instrumentation
Assist in the stock control of the department as per schedules and the re-ordering system

The ideal candidate:

Good level of literacy
Basic awareness of health, safety and hygiene
Flexible working within shift duties
Previous experience as a Sterile Services Technician

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
Free Bupa wellness screening
Private medical insurance
Life assurance
Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

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