Decontamination Technician

Job Title: Decontamination Technician

Location: Ipswich, IP4

Hourly Pay Rate: 10.42 per hour

Shifts: days/nights/weekends.

Length of the contract: 1 month initially with the potential to extend.

Gi Group Recruitment are seeking to recruit Decontamination Technicians to our Public Sector client based in Ipswich. The Decontamination Technician will undertake decontamination science duties and assist (under supervision) the workforce of Decontamination Technician Supervisors, in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.

Duties of the Decontamination Technician

• 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.
• To provide supervision to Apprentice Decontamination Technicians within the team.
• Plan your own workload with limited supervision.
• The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids.
• To reprocess reusable medical devices, disassemble, clean, disinfect, check, assemble, sterilize, despatch and track in a controlled environment.
  

Experience Required

• Knowledge and experience in the decontamination of reusable medical devices.
• Ability to train staff in decontamination systems.
• NVQ3 (Technical Certificate Decontamination) or equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Ability to work to Standard Operating Procedures.
• A working knowledge of keyboard, typing and computer skills.
• Supervisory experience.
• Team worker.
• Ability to stay calm/work under pressure.
• Flexible.
• Professional manner at all times.
• Good communication skills, written and spoken.

Hiring Contact: Chloe Peasgood

Agency: Gi Group Recruitment

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