The role of a medical equipment decontaminator involves working in a controlled environment to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical devices.
Key responsibilities include collecting and delivering contaminated and sterile items, checking surgical instruments and reporting non-conformities.
A successful candidate will be responsible for decontaminating and inspecting surgical instruments, packaging equipment and maintaining traceability.
About the Role
This position is available on a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours over seven days on a late shift pattern.
Main duties include sorting and identifying instruments using relevant documentation, checking functionality and recognising potential sharps.
Raise non-conformance reports where necessary and follow trust policy and Datix system for reporting incidents.
Participate in staff on-call rota, audits and training of other personnel.
Record all released sterilised medical devices using IT tracking systems and maintain security of the Decontamination Department.
Planning and Organisation: Contribute to developing the service, ensuring delivery of medical device decontamination is safe and effective.
Follow the decontamination department's training programme and undertake training in line with Institute of Decontamination Sciences educational framework.
Plan daily workload against customer requirements, use computerised tracking system and refer to appropriate issues.
Active participation in appraisal system and personal development planning process.
Prepare specialist loan instrumentation with appropriate decontamination certificates and organise workload around PPM of washer disinfectors and sterilisers.
Ensure all daily tests have been completed and recorded correctly.
Requirements
To be eligible for this position, candidates must possess GCSE in English, Maths and Science at Grade C or above, level 2 vocational qualification or equivalent knowledge.
Candidates must also demonstrate ability to work as part of a team, accurately under pressure and follow detailed instructions.
Working knowledge of keyboard, typing and computer skills, experience in a healthcare setting and knowledge in decontamination or infection prevention are essential.