Senior Decontamination Technician

The Endoscope Decontamination Units are responsible for the decontamination of all flexible endoscopes used within the Trust. There are Decontamination Units on both St Helens and Whiston sites and the successful candidate may be expected to work at either site.,

• To undertake the complete cycle of endoscope decontamination
• This includes the visual inspection, manual cleaning, processing in an Endoscope Washer Disinfector (EWD), storing, tracking and tracing and collection and delivery of all flexible scopes used in the Trust.
• To work within the designated area, ensuring that agreed standards are achieved.
• To implement the correct method of decontamination of the endoscopes in accordance with the manufacturers instructions and protocols as issued by the department.
• To safely and correctly use EWD, Drying Cabinets and all other associated equipment as per manufacturers' instructions.
  
  A good working knowledge of standards, regulations, and legislation relevant to endoscope decontamination is also required.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing senior support gained through their previous experience to the decontamination technicians and the delivery of a quality service on a day-to-day operational basis. The Senior Technician will in turn be supported by the Decontamination Supervisors and the Quality Manager Previous Endoscope Decontamination experience is essential.

St Helens has recently opened a brand-new decontamination unit providing state of the art decontamination equipment plus excellent dedicated staff facilities., Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme