Sterile Services Team Leader

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	27 Mai 2026
Cyflog:	£28,484.53 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£28484.53 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	05 Mehefin 2026
Lleoliad:	Warwick, CV34 5BW
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	B0374-26-0034

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Responsible for ensuring that sterile service production meets clinical service user needs, to be taking prime responsibility for and control of the co-ordination of staff duties/services/user communication and equipment resources on a daily basis Responsible for the daily co-ordination of the workload and allocation of or amendment to work duties of SSD Technicians in line with changing service requirements during each shift Responsible for monitoring of daily preparation and maintenance procedures in production areas Responsible for ensuring high standards of departmental housekeeping are maintained Responsible for ensuring that work patterns and practices conform to the departmental procedures and safety requirements for clean rooms and dirty areas within the department Responsible for monitoring staff usage of resources to ensure that materials are used in a cost efficient and appropriate manner Responsible for acting as the primary contact with service users for management of daily product requirements and liaising with senior SSD managers in the event of production difficulties or anticipated risks Responsible for immediately reporting plant equipment malfunctions or suspected anomalies to senior SSD managers Responsible for understanding and assuming supervisory staff responsibilities under the Trust and Departmental Health & Safety Policies to minimise and control workplace risk Responsible for ensuring that Personal Protective Equipment is always available and is used by all staff working in the department, with any continuing noncompliance reported to the department Manager Responsible for ensuring staff adherence to SSD procedures for dealing with missing instrumentation Responsible for conducting appraisals (PDR) of SSD Technicians and supporting them in meeting their objectives Responsible for undertaking activities and monitoring as required by SSD managers to ensure that mechanisms to reduce production errors are followed Responsible for advising senior SSD managers where behavioural, reliability, technical ability or other issues are identified in relation to individual SSD Technicians, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained Responsible for maintaining contact with key users during times of peak workload where prioritisation is necessary and keeping other Team Leaders and Technical staff up to date with current priorities Responsible for taking responsibility for specific elements of departmental management as agreed with the senior management team Responsible for undertaking training of new staff and updating of existing staff on new or revised equipment and procedures Responsible for identifying and developing in conjunction with senior SSD managers, changes to existing procedures and working practises in order to enhance departmental efficiency Responsible for working flexibly across the whole department to ensure consistency of service quality and covering the work of colleagues during times of absence and during peak workload Responsible for effectively communicating operational issues with other members of the SSD team using departmental routes of communication Responsible on a rotational basis to carry out duties include receiving, disassembly and cleaning of contaminated equipment Responsible for the inspection, testing, assembly, packing, sterilisation and distribution of instruments and equipment for supply to customers, wards, departments, theatres and external customers Responsible for ensuring that the recording of all essential stages of the decontamination/sterilisation process is carried out Responsible for ensuring daily tests are carried out as per agreed schedule and results on equipment are within set parameters and to inform the relevant personnel if results are contrary to the required standards Responsible for carrying out functionality tests on all re-usable medical devices Responsible for ensuring all records and process test results demonstrate compliance so as to enable audits and facilitate analysis Responsible for carrying out all duties in line with the Trusts Health and Safety policies Responsible for carrying out all duties in line with the Departments Accredited Quality System Responsible for carrying out assigned clerical tasks as required which will include but not limited to placing orders via Integra, goods receiving and invoicing Responsible for keeping areas clean and tidy to maintain a safe and compliant environment Responsible for delivering the workload within the agreed time and to the required customer service level agreement Responsible for the collection, processing and distribution of essential medical devices and sterile packs throughout the trust including clinics and outside agencies in accordance with legislation and quality systems Responsible for adhering to specified levels of Personal Protective equipment at all times including Pushing/manoeuvring trolleys, manual handling of instrument sets and stock A high degree of physical effort will be required to undertake these duties on a regular basis Responsible for dealing with customer enquiries in a professional manner at all times Responsible for helping in the training of new staff