Sterile Services Supervisor - Salisbury, United Kingdom - STERIS

STERIS

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Salisbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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 CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?:

No sterile service experience is needed - Full training is given.

Supervisory experience is preferable.

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 SSL in Salisbury could be a great fit for you.

There is an excellent opportunity to join SSL sterile services as a supervisor. Training and Development are offered to get you on to a defined pathway.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - AFC Band: Band - Location: Salisbury District Hospital

Job Purpose:

To Supervise a team of Sterile Service and Endoscopy personnel on a daytoday basis, ensuring that Sterile Service and endoscopy provision complies with current legislation.
To provide leadership through personal example, promoting sound departmental communication and fostering good interpersonal relationships.

Working Pattern:

Full-time, 37.

5 hrs per week on:

Tuesday at 7:00-15:00

Wednesday-Thursday at 13:00-21:00

Friday-Saturday at 7:00-15:00

What is involved?:

To oversee the preparation of instruments and equipment effectively and efficiently by the process of cleaning, inspection, assembly and packing within predefined quality standards.
To oversee and rigorously check, wash, layup and pack sets of theatre instruments and endoscopes to meet contract specifications within predefined quality standards.
To oversee that repairs and missing instruments or equipment are recorded and logged on the Tracking and Traceability computer system.
To proactively monitor, evaluate and ensure that operational activities fully comply with required Health and Safety procedures and guidelines.
To ensure that all designated staff are kept informed and trained on individual and team health and safety procedures in the workplace.
To participate as an integral member of the sterile processing and endoscopy team and actively contribute to suggestions of innovation, continuous improvement and best practices.
To monitor and ensure that all production processed by the designated team conforms to Synergy Health Sterilisation Services quality guidelines and ensure complete contamination control.
To actively assist and support the Production Manager in the planning and operational process.
Monitor absence levels, maintain accurate records and liaise with team members in the management of absence.
To coach, support, and guide team members in line with the principles of Performance Management, setting and reviewing goals, acting as a mentor to the team and identifying training and development needs.
To ensure effective communication between senior management and production teams.
To participate in the one call management rota service to maintain emergency services to customers.
To support and participate in 5S, Lean and Kaizen activities
To undertake any other duties or tasks as reasonably required.

What is in it for you?:

An annual salary between £25,147.00 and £27,596.00 and generous shift allowances if you work overtime/unsociable hours
Full structured and comprehensive training
Ongoing education leading to industryrecognised qualifications
Defined career path when fully operational
A diverse and peoplecentric culture
AFC (Agenda for Change) pay structure
Starting at 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and increasing to 29 days after 5 years' service and 33 days after 10 years' service

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 system.

Skills:

Flexibility
Teamwork
Integrity
Working under pressure
Accountability
Attention to detail

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, life sciences and dental products and services.

STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE:
STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.