Decontamination Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen within Community & Special Care Dentistry to recruit a permanent Decontamination Support Worker to provide a high quality and professional service at Wheata Place Dental Clinic.
You will be responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the dental decontamination areas and the collection and transfer of both dirty instruments and equipment from surgeries to dirty utility and distribution of clean instruments to surgeries once received from the off-site decontamination facility.
Main duties of the job
Continuously monitor dirty and clean instruments and equipment availability to maintain service delivery and to monitor stock levels of consumables.
Restock dental surgeries as appropriate and put delivered stock away in an ordered manor to ensure efficient stock rotation.
Prepare and maintain the environment, instruments, and equipment for clinical dental procedures.
Undertake care and maintenance of instruments/ equipment providing minor maintenance to a level consistent with knowledge, reporting malfunctions and repairs as necessary to the appropriate person or agency.
To monitor stock levels of consumables under the supervision of the dental nurse team leader. To restock dental surgeries as appropriate.
Once sharps bin full, ensure they are securely fastened and taken to the appropriate storage facility.
To ensure any discrepancies of tray contents are reported to Steris.
To check the integrity of instrument packaging before it leaves the clinic and report damaged/wet/unsealed packaging and return to Steris.
Unload the Steris clean instrument trolley, storing appropriately ensuring accurate rotation of instrument sets and supplementary items.
Pre-clean/oil/dismantle instruments as per training in a dedicated decontamination area.
Scan each kit, supplementary package before placing them into a scanned Steris dirty instrument trolley ready for pick up by Steris driver.
Please note this advertisement can be appointed as either a full time or part time opportunity.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it's staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Grade C/4 or above including English & Maths or equivalent qualification/experience.
Desirable
- Training in cross infection /decontamination processes
- Institute of Decontamination Sciences - Operational Qualification in Decontamination
Other Factors
Essential
- Respect confidentiality
- Work flexibly in order to adapt to the demands of the post
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clients, staff and other health care professionals.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Basic computer skills.
- Administrative skills.
- Prioritisation skills.
- Commitment to learning.
Desirable
- Knowledge of infection control/ decontamination processes.
- Knowledge of cross infection within a hospital/primary care or dental setting
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of infection control processes.
- Basic knowledge and understanding of health & safety requirements
- To have worked as part of a team and demonstrate use of own initiative
Desirable
- Use of computerised recording system
- Worked in a hospital or primary care or dental setting.
- Use of computerised dental system
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wheata Dental Clinic
Wordsworth Avenue
Sheffield
S5 9JH
