Job summary
- Main area
- Sterile Services
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - As and when required
- Job ref
- 151-NonClin-SST-WPH
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £14.75 per hour incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 29/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Sterile Services Technician
Band 2
Job overview
We are seeking enthusiastic and dependable individual to join our Sterile Services Department as a Bank Sterile Services Technician based at Wexham Park Hospital. You will be part of a vital team responsible for the cleaning, inspection, assembly, packaging, and sterilisation of surgical instruments and medical equipment used throughout the Trust.
Working within a busy, high-performing department, you will follow strict infection control and decontamination procedures to ensure all instruments are processed to the highest quality and safety standards. Attention to detail, good manual dexterity, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team are essential.
As part of the Bank team, to provide flexible cover supporting the department. Shifts may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays as required.
Main duties of the job
To undertake decontamination science duties and assist colleagues and Supervisors in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilization of reusable medical devices. Record all tasks in the Healthcare Science Information Systems (tracking and tracing) database.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake decontamination science duties and assist colleagues and Supervisors in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilization of reusable medical devices. Record all tasks in the Healthcare Science Information Systems (tracking and tracing) database.
Work in accordance with the Department’s standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems under limited supervision to meet the demands of the Department’s workload whilst consistently achieving high quality standards which will be measured by in-process checks and non-conformance reports.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information:
Contact Name: Rechell Cajes on 0300 6154538
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- NVQ3 (Technical Certificate Decontamination) or equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training
Experience
Essential criteria
- previous experience working in team
Desirable criteria
- Previous Experience in Decontamination or equivalent knowledge on Decontamination
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work accurately under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Able to train staff in decontamination
Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- basic knowledge of keyboard and keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
- knowledge of decontamination of reusable medical devices
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rechell Cajes
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6154538
- Additional information
For further information call Sterile Services on 0300 6155500 or 0300 6153240.
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