Decontamination Technician

As an integral member of the Endoscopy Unit (EU) team, the post holder will provide support to the medical and nursing team.
A major part of the role will be providing a decontamination service to the EU, internal wards/departments and to peripheral outpatient clinics, + To check and inspect used instruments ready for manual cleaning and report any defects or discrepancies to the decontamination lead or nurse in charge.
+ To manually clean flexible endoscopes according to national decontamination guidelines and record the details
+ To load and unload flexible endoscopes from the washers/disinfectors and report any issues to decontamination lead/manager.
+ To do water test weekly and report any as per guidelines.
+ To report any damaged endoscope and return to appropriate company for repair.
+ To undertake training appropriate to role and all trust wide mandatory training, + To receive and decontaminate flexible endoscopes and equipment that requires decontamination.
+ To check and inspect used instruments ready for manual cleaning and report any defects or discrepancies to the unit manager or nurse in charge.
+ To manually clean flexible endoscopes according to national decontamination guidelines
+ To load and unload flexible endoscopes from the washers/disinfectors.
+ To dispose of clinical/household waste and linen as required
+ To clean workstations daily
+ To take sterile water samples from washer/disinfectors according to unit policy.
+ To complete endoscope tracking paperwork
+ To report any damaged endoscope and return to appropriate company for repair.
+ To competently work the washer/disinfectors and report any faults or concerns to the nurse in charge or the appropriate company.
+ To undertake training appropriate to role and all trust wide mandatory training.
+ Keep department tidy and help department with infection prevention and control measure.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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