Sterile Services Technician I

STERIS Canada Corporation; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare services provider is looking for a Sterile Services Technician in Wolverhampton. This entry-level role offers structured training and a defined career path in a supportive environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for sterilizing surgical instruments, preparing consumables, and operating sterilization equipment. A salary of £24,465 plus bonuses and allowances is offered. Join a diverse culture dedicated to patient safety and health service improvement.

Benefits

Annual salary of £24,465

5% performance bonus

Generous shift allowances

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Access to a Level 2 Healthcare Science Assistant Apprenticeship

Qualifications

• Educated to a good general standard with demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end-user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Follow end-to-end sterilization processes for surgical instruments used in operations.
• Prepare sterile consumables by decontaminating, inspecting, and packing.
• Check, wash, lay up, and pack theatre instrument sets to meet specifications.
• Safely operate and monitor sterilization machines and equipment.
• Record and log repairs and missing instruments in the tracking system.

Skills

Verbal and numerical abilities

Basic end-user IT skills

Job description

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At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

About Us

At STERIS Instrument Processing we are experts in surgical instrument sterilisation. We offer on and offsite re-processing, alongside reliable instrument maintenance solutions. Our diverse and talented teams use cutting edge technology to ensure that the highest quality of infection prevention is delivered to our customers.

We are currently recruiting for a Sterile Services Technician vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at an entry-level and receive world-class training to get you on to a defined career pathway.

About You

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about helping our incredible national health service make a difference? Do you care about keeping vulnerable patients safe? If so, then a career with STERIS Instrument Processing would be a great fit for you.

TRAINING & WORKING PATTERN

• Mon - Fri, 8am - 4pm

Thereafter the first couple of weeks, training will continue on your regular shift hours:

• Mon - Wed, 10am - 6pm
• Sat, 11am - 7pm
• Sun, 8am - 4pm

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Following a highly regulated end to end sterilization/decontamination process on surgical instruments that have been used in operations in local NHS and private hospitals, to ensure they can be used again safely for the next patient.
• Ensuring the effective preparation of sterile consumables (dressings, linen, surgical instruments, and equipment) by the process of decontamination, inspection assembly and packing within predefined quality standards.
• Rigorously checking, washing, laying up and packing sets of theatre instruments to meet contract specifications within predefined quality standards.
• Safely operating and monitoring machines and equipment (washer/disinfectors, ultrasonic and sterilisers) effectively.
• Ensuring that repairs and missing instruments or equipment are recorded and logged on the Tracking and Traceability computer system (SynergyTrak).
• Ensuring that repaired instruments or equipment are returned to stock or the appropriate coded sets or the Trust’s appointed person.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

• An annual salary of £24,465 plus a 5% performance bonus, and generous shift allowances if you work overtime/unsociable hours! Plus, a higher cost of living allowance if you work in London.
• Full structured and comprehensive training
• Ongoing education leading to industry-recognised qualifications
• Defined career path when fully operational
• A diverse and people-centric culture
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Access to a Level 2 Healthcare Science Assistant Apprenticeship! This is a 12-15 month fully funded programme studying good scientific practice for the Healthcare profession! It is universally applicable outside of STERIS! Completed on the job, you are given 20% of your working hours to study towards the qualification. Further apprenticeships are available throughout the course of your career!

Whether you have no experience whatsoever, or you have previously worked in the healthcare industry, we want to hear from you! We are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We cannot wait to meet you!

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Educated to a good general standard with demonstrable verbal and numerical abilities.
• Basic end-user IT skills to operate track and traceability IT systems.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com .

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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