SSD Assistant

SSD Assistant | Sterile Services Department | Private Hospital | Spire St Anthony's Hospital | Full Time | Sutton

Spire St Anthony's Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an SSD Assistant to join the SSD team on a permanent, full-time basis.

Founded in 1904, Spire St Anthony's Hospital delivers care through skilled and dedicated staff working together. With a completed £27m development investment, we provide very high quality healthcare to patients around Sutton, Epsom, Surrey and South London.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Under general supervision, with opportunity to make independent decisions, performs duties that will include receiving, sorting, inspecting, cleaning, disinfecting, assembling, preparing, sterilizing, storing and issuing reusable surgical instruments and equipment.
• To assist the multi-disciplinary theatre team to provide exemplary care by ensuring theatre and endoscopy instrumentation and equipment are correct and ready for use.
• Undertake routine tasks related to individual's health and well-being.
• Production and communication of information and knowledge
• Contribute to own personal development.
• Assist in maintaining own and others' health and safety and security.

Who we're looking for:

• Certificate in Decontamination or NVQ level 3 in Decontamination
• Or TVQ level 1 & 2 in Decontamination
• Or City and Guilds Certificates in Decontamination / Endoscopy
• Self-Motivated
• Working alone and in teams
• Basic awareness of health, safety and hygiene
• Principles of infection control, fundamentals of microbiology and aseptic technique
• Knowledge of SSD machinery
• Knowledge of basic instruments and equipment
• Knowledge of sterile packing techniques
• Knowledge of ISO standards
• Ability to train and supervise Level I staff in all areas

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• We commit to our employees' well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

About Us

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.