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Sterile Services Operative - Wirral, United Kingdom - Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Wirral, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Wirral University Teaching Hospital is proud and excited to be the Cheshire and South Mersey Elective hub for elective recovery.

Our development on our Clatterbridge Hospital site over the next 10 months will see commissioning of 4 operating theatres, a 35 bedded phased recovery unit and associated inpatient beds.

Clatterbridge Hospital currently has 6 operating theatres and a minor procedure room within the Perioperative Medicine Directorate. Operating theatres are managed with the Directorate of Perioperative Medicine.

The directorate has over 440 staff and supports services including:

Preoperative Assessment
Surgical Elective Admissions Lounge (SEAL) at the Arrowe Park Hospital site
Acute & Chronic Pain services
Operating Theatres
3 Phase recovery
Clatterbridge Hospital (CGH) Day Ward
Department of Anaesthesia
Sterile Services Department
Surgical Inpatient Ward (M2) CGH Site.

Development of the South Mersey Elective Hub is underway and we are looking at the first wave of activity commencing soon.

This is an exciting development on the site and to support delivery, we are looking for motivated, innovative, and patient focused staff to join our amazing team.

We have a dynamic plan to support regional activity in specialisms such as Orthopaedics, Breast, General Surgery, Plastics, and Urology with future developments including a robot to support urology cancer delivery on site.

This multi million pound investment into both estate and workforce will bring 50 weeks of elective surgical activity to the site to support timely delivery of surgical care.

We are looking for workforce that are dynamic thinkers, have the patients' best interests at heart and can work in the perioperative environment.

As part of the support team we are looking to recruit sterile services operatives who will be based at both APH and CGH sites to provide decontamination of instruments and equipment.

The unit comprises of a friendly and supportive team of around 30 members. We work in a purpose built, self contained unit which is certificated to ISO 13485 and Directive 93/42/EEC.

Staff may be expected to work occasional shifts in Endoscopy Decontamination Unit, Clatterbridge site. Full training will be given on duties.

The hours worked will include some early shifts but a high proportion of late shifts is required in order to deliver service.

Please see attached Job description for further information about the Sterile Services Operative position available with WUTH.