Bank Sterile Services Assistant | Bank | Competitive Hourly Rate | Flexible Working | Elland
Spire Elland has a great opportunity for a Sterile Services Assistant to join the team on a flexible basis.
Spire Elland Hospital has been providing high levels of medical treatment and personal care since 1985. Our hospital has a full multi-disciplinary medical team on-site who practice some of the most advanced treatments on the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening and rehabilitation through to leading-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, general surgery, gynaecology, and cosmetic procedures.
Duties and responsibilities;
The Sterile Services Department provides a vital service decontaminating and reprocessing surgical instruments for the whole hospital. You will be involved in the cleaning, inspecting, assembling, packing, sterilising and distributing surgical equipment according to hospital requirements. You will also be required to decontaminate endoscopes for our endoscopy department within the hospital. The successful candidate will require attention to detail, and an eagerness and ability to learn.
We have a comprehensive in-house training package for the role. The role is physically demanding; you will be required to lift and handle heavy instrument sets and endure long periods of standing.
- Checking correct instruments are on trays pre and post decontamination.
- Pack instruments for sterilisation.
- Complete tracking systems accurately.
- Monitor repairs of instruments
- Checking functioning of sterilising and decontamination equipment according to manufacturer’s instructions
- Decontamination of flexible endoscopes
Who we're looking for
- Experience in contamination is desirable.
- Basic awareness of health & safety and hygiene.
- Working as part of a great team
- The flexibility to work on our rota
- Willing to work Saturdays when needed.
Benefits
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
- Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together
- Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people