Quality Co-ordinator - Sterile Services Department IPH

We are looking to recruit a Decontamination Team Leader, full time at Colchester Hospital. In this role you will join the departments' group of team leaders looking after the busy, fast moving acute Endoscopy Reprocessing Unit and Sterile Services. You will assist in providing a complete Decontamination service, including the reprocessing of flexible endoscopes.

Current working hours are based on 4 week rotational shift pattern. A flexible approach is required for this busy Department in order to meet the service demands of the Users & includes working 1 weekend in 4 on both Saturdays & Sundays & currently Bank Holidays on a rostered basis.

Current Endoscopy Reprocessing Unit hours of service will be on a shift basis by rota, as per the above, with times of: 07:00 - 15:00, 13:30 - 21:30 weekdays and 08:00 - 18:00 weekday and weekends. Current Sterile Service hours of service will be on a shift basis by rota, as per the above, with times of: 07:00 - 15:00, 13:30 - 21:30 weekdays and 09:00 - 17:00 weekends. These hours are subject to change upon needs of the service.

We encourage an informal visit to both the Sterile Services Department & Endoscope Reprocessing Unit in advance of application to ensure that this working environment is right for you.

You will be joining and supervising a busy Endoscopy Reprocessing team and Sterile Service team. Your new role would be to provide a complete Decontamination Service by ensuring thorough reprocessing of flexible endoscopes for our Endoscopy and medical devises for Theatres by following Trust and departmental procedures.

You will assist the Decontamination Operational Manager by supervising, organising and allocating work to your team and training members of staff. You will attend the weekly team leader meeting and monthly staff meetings. You will order stock and liaising with service users to help ensure a smooth running of the department. You will also be required to participate in the department audits internal and external. You must have a flexible approach to work and be able to communicate at all levels, therefore good verbal and written communication skills are needed for this role.

Do you have Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing and Sterile Services experience? Are you looking for the next step in your career? If you do, then you might be the person we are looking for!

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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