Job summary

A position has arisen for a Distribution and Autoclave Attendant within the Sterile Services Department based within the Dental Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital.

This role involves working under direction as part of a team who delivers and collects surgical instrumentation from various wards and theatres within the hospital environment and in the community setting in-line with set procedures and timings.

This is a permanent post and will cover weekends, Bank Holidays and nightshift working; the shift pattern rotates over a 4 day over 7-day successful applicant will have good communication skills, basic IT knowledge, health and safety knowledge, customer care experience and an enthusiastic willingness to learn.

• Interview date : 25 September 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes / week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

The main duty is too distribute sterilised equipment across hospital site with a rota of off site driving duties for pre-scheduled collections and deliveries across Newcastle.

After 8pm and on weekends, the dispatch attendant can be asked to carry out unscheduled collections from Freeman Hospital on an as needed basis, as directed by a supervisor.

Other duties include stock control, general housekeeping, record keeping and working as part of the larger Sterile Services team in the reprocessing of endoscopes and re-usable instruments.

The successful applicant will be trained in all aspects of the role.

Must be able to drive, driving licence essential.

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients.

We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To work as part of a team of distribution and autoclave attendants.
• To provide a reliable distribution and collection service of re-usable instruments and stock items to the operating theatres, wards and departments throughout the Trust and Community in line within set procedures and timings.

This may involve driving to collect surgical trays from off site and distributing surgical trays to and from the main sterile service department.

• To work alongside sterile service department technicians operating sterilisers and carrying out the required recording procedures.
• To work as part of the Endoscopy Team reprocessing endoscopes as and when required to the needs of the will be required to carry out duties across all of the Sterile Services Departments ;

therefore it is essential that they have knowledge of all clinic / wards theatres equipment

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Health & Safety Knowledge
• Staff may be required to work at all sterile service departments; including the Endoscopy Department, therefore it is essential that they have knowledge of all clinic / wards theatres equipment.

Desirable

An insight into the use and care of machinery

SKILLS

Essential

Good communication skills verbal and written

EXPERIENCE

Desirable

• Sterile Services or hospital experience
• Driving experience

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• GCSE / NVQ level 2 (or equivalent) standard to be achieved.
• Driving Licence

Desirable

• Certified in Transportation of Dangerous Goods in accordance with the act or willing to train