Sterile Service Trust Decontamination Lead | East Hospitals NHS Trust

Sterile Service Trust Decontamination Lead | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that this post is Part of One LSC - a corporate collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and providing Estates and Facilities Services to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Working behind the scenes of the hospital, there is a team of driven and meticulous individuals ensuring that all reusable surgical instrumentation is processed in line with current legislation ready to use in the next procedure.

In this environment safety is paramount, and the role demands a high level of competence and assured accountability. The team work following the ethos 'It might be my relative on that operating table', and so understandably strive to give their best all the time. The service follows a stringent structure through the process through the wash room to the controlled clean room packing, sterilisation and to storage.

You will manage the sterile service team, including a Deputy Manager, two Assistant Managers, Team Leaders and technicians, overseeing a 24/7 service split into three shifts. Your team will provide sterile services for both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, supported by dedicated drivers operating Trust-owned logistics vehicles between the sites. A major aspect of your role involves ensuring continuous testing, maintenance, and documentation of all equipment and tools to uphold the highest standards of quality and compliance.

The successful candidate will lead and manage all aspects of the Decontamination Service throughout the trust and undertake the role of decontamination Lead.

The post holder will be professionally accountable as Trust Decontamination Lead and HSDU manager for ensuring the delivery of decontamination services throughout the Trust, providing leadership and technical expertise for all aspects of decontamination of reusable

medical devices across the Trust.

They will be the line manager responsible for the HSDU (Sterile Services Unit), ensuring

effective and safe operational delivery, compliance with national guidance (including HTM 01-01 and related standards), and maintenance of quality assurance systems.

The post holder will provide assurance to the Board, Divisional Triumvirates, and Infection Prevention and Control Committee on all decontamination matters, ensuring that standards of patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance are consistently achieved.

To take the lead role in the development and co‑ordination of Trust wide strategies, policies, standards and practices; this will include ensuring the Trust remains up to date with all areas of disinfection and sterilisation of all reusable medical devices including endoscopes.

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities to learn new skills. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

• Act as the Trust Decontamination Lead (appointed by the Chief Executive via the DIPC, although line manged through the divisional structure of Estates and Facilities).
• Provide expert advice on decontamination to the Board, Infection Prevention and Control Committee, and clinical/operational services.
• Ensure Trust compliance with Department of Health, MHRA, Care Quality Commission, ISO and HTM requirements for decontamination.
• Develop,…