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Job description

Staff will contribute to the effective delivery of Decontamination services provided at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The staff will have sound knowledge of instruments, decontamination processes and infection control principles along with the ability to perform under limited direction. Full training in all areas of the Trust Decontamination Service will take approximately 24 months for this post. Utilising knowledge of how items from all departments are collected, identified and separated for processing, staff will identify equipment requiring priority processing and identify faulty or damaged medical devices/endoscopes and report them to the designated authority.

Responsibilities

• Receipting and checking of contaminated medical devices/endoscopes.
• Working under limited direction in a professional manner individually or as a member of a team, staff will decontaminate medical devices / endoscopes according to manufacturer’s instructions.
• Staff will ensure items are clean, dry and suitable for packaging and will maintain accurate recording systems and optimum standards of cleanliness and sterility.
• Staff will also ensure adequate stocks are readily available in the work area.
• Act as a mentor for new staff and share best practice, skills and knowledge with others.
• Full details of the post can be found on the employer website.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• A minimum of two GCE’s/GCSE’s Grade A-C (or equivalent) to include English Or 6 months work experience in a manufacturing, cleaning, healthcare, catering, retail or other relevant setting.
• Full details of the post can be found on the employer website.

Further Information

Staff are required to successfully complete all training in all aspects of decontamination through a bespoke departmental 24 month training/professional development programme that will allow him/her to demonstrate skills in Decontamination Services.