Sterile Services Team Leader

As a Sterile Services Team Leader you make a valuable and important contribution to the delivery of a high-quality decontamination service. Your role is to support the departmental needs of reprocessing and delivery of all instruments and equipment used to provide medical and surgical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the daily co‑ordination of the workload and allocation of or amendment to work duties of SSD Technicians in line with changing service requirements during each shift.
• Provide supervision of staff within the unit, ensuring effective, safe and efficient collection, decontamination (washing, disinfection and sterilisation) and distribution of reusable medical devices for use in direct patient care with complex speciality demands.
• Maintain the quality system (ISO 13485:2016) and comply with the essential requirements of the UKCA Medical Devices Regulation.
• Maintain and update records and databases for traceability of reusable medical devices in accordance with quality control and accreditation.
• Test, validate and operate highly technical and sensitive decontamination equipment, recording and reporting faults to ensure timely repairs and maintenance.
• Undertake quality checks for cleanliness and functionality of equipment before distribution to customers in accordance with legislation, quality systems and health and safety both Trust‑wide and for external customers.
• Prepare and record appropriate documentation, e.g. labelling and recording for traceability in accordance with quality control and accreditation.
• Collect and accept delivery of used equipment from all customers, including external customers.

Benefits

• Subject to the Company’s and individual’s performance, an annual discretionary bonus will be awarded.
• Automatic enrolment to the Company pension scheme, with the Company contributing 5%.
• A benefits package is available to the appointed candidate upon successful completion of the six‑month probationary period. This includes access to a car lease scheme, a Home & Electronics scheme, discounted leisure and travel, retail discounts and a cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Access to a 24/7, 365‑day Employee Assistance Programme to support colleagues who may be facing challenging times or need extra support with their mental well‑being.

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