Decontamination Supervisor / Senior Nursing Assistant

The primary focus of the role will be to provide essential supervisory decontamination of medical devices and clinical care to patients under the indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse. Participate and undertake the role of decontamination technical supervisor of medical devices contributing to the clinical care of patients, adhering to the decontamination policy of UHNM in a controlled environment. Participate and perform a full range of decontamination duties for which competency has been assessed, verified and documented. Manage decontamination records in own area of work Record all decontamination processes and data sets accurately reporting conformance and non-conformance to a senior decontamination supervisor/registered nurse Record all clinical tasks undertaken for patients within the nursing documentation. Work to supervise all junior healthcare assistants in the decontamination of medical devices in CTS. Liaise with senior decontamination staff (registered nurses and
estates), apprentices, and trainee decontamination staff. Work to ensure standard operating procedures are adhered to by all healthcare staff in accordance with quality management systems. Be responsible for a range of clinical, non-clinical and clerical support tasks under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner Implement aspects of clinical care and act on own initiative (work under indirect supervision / or alone) where appropriate and to regularly assess, evaluate and report on actions and activities to the registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner. Provide supervision of junior nursing assistants, student Nurses and apprentices where appropriate, under the guidance of the a registered nurse or registered nurse practitioner Facilitate and undertake teaching of others within their specific areas of competence Engage in personal and professional development opportunities in order to maintain knowledge, skills and competence to practice
within their role. No duties are to be undertaken unless they have received the appropriate training or instruction