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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk
Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel
Sterile Services Supervisor
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Address
- Headley Way
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX39DU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday 20:00 until 06:45, Tuesday to Thursday 20:30 until 06:45
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday 20:00 until 06:45, Tuesday to Thursday 20:30 until 06:45)
Salary
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
Specialty
- Main area
- Sterile Services Supervisor
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
Oxford University Hospitals’ Sterile Services Department are looking a dynamic, proactive, and forward-thinking, experienced individual to join our team at the John Radcliff Hospital as a Supervisor. Hours: Monday 20:00 until 06:45, Tuesday to Thursday 20:30 until 06:45 The successful candidate will be expected to use their initiative to enhance the unit's processes and procedures to maintain productive and efficient working practises and foster the continual improvement of service quality and performance. The Supervisor is expected to participate in all elements of training that are designed to give them the technical knowledge and understanding to carry out the wide range of responsibilities within the department, which call for a high level of numeracy, record keeping, and attention to detail. This post presents an ideal opportunity to develop your practice with a busy team. We are happy to consider and welcome applicants who do not have the relevant qualifications and would start as a band 3, with the view that the listed qualifications will be achieved when in post. It will be a band 3 progression to band 4 post. We will support you in meeting the band 4 competencies by providing funding and time to complete the necessary assignments for the qualification. Further details will be discussed at the interview.
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- The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily supervision of decontamination technicians.
- Ensure that all staff members carry out their responsibilities in accordance with UK MDR 2002, and ISO 13485:2016 quality management system.
- To work in accordance with Departmental Policy, Standard Operating Procedures and
- Quality Management Systems.
- To assist in the regular review of Standard Operating Procedures.
- To participate, supervise and direct the reprocessing of reusable medical devices:
- disassembly, cleaning, disinfection, checking, assembly, sterilization, despatch, and tracking
- in a controlled environment.
- To supervise, organise and allocate work and /or train less experienced/qualified staff.
- To perform a full range of medical device decontamination duties.
- Manages Decontamination records in own area of work.
- To ensure routine testing of decontamination equipment at the appropriate intervals to
- analyse and take appropriate action on any malfunctions/failures.
- To record all routine testing of decontamination equipment.
- To monitor stocks of raw materials as requested and to take appropriate action on any
- deficiencies, assist in the evaluation of new products.
- To undertake initial investigation into non-conformance reports as instructed.
- To communicate and supervise the enquires from users, and other members of healthcare
- staff in a polite and helpful manner, seeking scientific advice from Senior Decontamination
- Supervisors where required.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching Trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To participate and coordinate the provision of a specialised decontamination of medical
- devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
- Provide a high quality and timely service to all service users/customers.
- To ensure Departmental Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by all staff in
- accordance with Quality Management Systems.
- To supervise and allocate duties to staff.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Nursing and Midwifery: For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managing your recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience to NVQ3 through decontamination training and nonroutine experience plus applied training to Foundation degree/diploma in medical device decontamination or equivalent level
Desirable criteria
- Management/Supervisory Management Qualification
- Health & Safety Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in all sections of a decontamination department
- Understands the concept and management of urgent /priority medical devices and nonconformances
- Experience using decontamination equipment and electronic tracking systems
- Can demonstrate the ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising less experienced/qualified staff
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of decontamination specific procedures and policies
- Ability to work as part of a team Ability to communicate with colleagues and service users on both routine and complex matters.
- Ability to participate in the planning of day-to-day procedures and processes.
- Ability to organise and manage personal responsibilities in a timely and efficient manner with referral to senior staff when required.
- Ability to multitask within decontamination systems
Behavioural Skills
Essential criteria
- Aligned to the Trust values. Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times.
- Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders.
- Demonstrates a professional manner at all times
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Demonstrates logical thinking to help troubleshooting
- Ability to motivate others Enthusiastic
- Adaptable to changing situations
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Good working knowledge of reusable medical devices (surgical instruments/equipment)
- Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Understands the fundamentals of data quality, data protection and the confidential use of patient information
- Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality, accuracy and non-conformance according to departmental standard operational procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Quality Management processes Understanding of Health and Safety processes
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gavin Luck
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 225479
- Additional information
Linda Kinane: Sterile Services Manager 01865 226820
Clair Lamburn: Sterile Services Deputy Manager 01865 220292
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