Endoscope Decontamination Unit Supervisor - Prescot, United Kingdom - St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Decontamination Supervisor to provide support for the provision of an efficient and safe endoscope decontamination service.

We are looking for a dynamic people person who will be responsible for providing senior support gained through their previous experience to the decontamination technicians and to the delivery of a quality service on a day to day operational basis.

The Decontamination Supervisor will in turn be supported by the Decontamination Quality Manager and the Decontamination Manager.

The successful applicant must have:

Sound written and verbal communication skills
Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required
Good computer skills (MS Office package)
Flexibility and adaptability
Excellent communication skills
Excellent organisational ability

Working hours will be dictated by the needs of the service therefore applicants should have flexibility in when they are available to work.

The units currently work weekends, day shifts and weekday evening shifts

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the BEST acute Trusts in England for the THIRD year running

The Trust is currently the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and is one of few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 350,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man.

We are also a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

To supervise, organise and allocate work within the Endoscope Decontamination Unit.
To ensure Departmental Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by all Decontamination Technicians in accordance with Quality Management Systems
To decontaminate, store and transport flexible endoscopes to agreed departmental standards that are compliant with National and European standards, regulations and legislation
To ensure all equipment used to decontaminate flexible endoscopes is used correctly by the decontamination technicians as per manufacturers' instructions
To ensure all equipment used for decontamination is fit for purpose and safe for patient use by reviewing test results and signing off the test results where appropriate (daily and weekly checks)
To have a knowledge and understanding of legislation, regulations and best practice requirements regarding decontamination and implement these standards to provide a quality decontamination service
To ensure by supervising the decontamination team that there is an efficient and responsive decontamination service that will support patient and staff safety
Assist the Decontamination Manager/Decontamination Quality Manager with the operation of the department
Undertake HR duties (return to work interviews, appraisals, staff communication meetings)
To ensure decontamination staff/user department staff are trained and remain competent