Junior Decontamination Technician

Are you looking for a rewarding role where your work directly impacts patient safety and clinical care? Our HSDU team is expanding, and we're looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join us as Junior Decontamination Technicians.

This is an excellent opportunity to start or grow a career within NHS Wales in a highly specialised and essential service.

As a Junior Decontamination Technician, you will play a vital role in ensuring that reusable medical devices -- including surgical instruments and flexible endoscopes -- are cleaned, disinfected, inspected, packed, sterilised, and tracked to the highest standard.

You'll work alongside experienced Technicians and Supervisors and receive full training to build confidence and competence in all areas of decontamination practice.

There are 2 posts available with the following hours:

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Post 1 - Post 1 - 14:00 - 22:00, Monday to Friday

Post 2 - 14:00 - 22:00, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Daily duties will include:

• Receiving, disassembling, cleaning, disinfecting, and reassembling reusable medical devices
• Preparing, packaging, and sterilising surgical instrument trays
• Processing endoscopes in line with departmental protocols
• Using specialist equipment, including washers, sterilisers and automated endoscope reprocessors
• Completing tracking and traceability of equipment
• Supporting stock rotation and reporting shortages
• Communicating with theatres, wards, endoscopy, and other clinical areas to ensure smooth service delivery
• Working as an essential part of a supportive, skilled team

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

• Knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, systems and regulations gained through induction and on the job training
• Good communication in spoken and written English
• Qualification in Maths/Science
• Qualification in English or equivalent

• Healthcare/Industry experience

• Ability to concentrate for long periods of time
• Basic IT skills
• Able to retain information
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to speak Welsh

• To be able to remain calm
• Good time keeping

• Ability to travel within geographical area when required
• Flexible approach to needs of the service
• Requires good dexterity skills
• Ability to stand for long periods of time

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.