Decontamination Technician - Colchester

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a decontamination technician to work within the Sterile Service Unit at Colchester Hospital.

You will join a busy friendly team, dealing with sterilization and decontamination services; you will be involved in the reprocessing surgical instruments. You will be working as part of a team in a busy, fast moving acute hospital. You must have a flexible approach to your work & possess good verbal and written communication skills.

You are not required to have previous experience as full training will be provided to undertake the technician role. There may also be opportunities for further additional training.

You will begin with a structured training programme to gain competencies in all areas.

Main duties of the job

Duties of this role will include: Operation of decontamination equipment, pushing and pulling trolley, stock control, lifting heavy theatre sets and processing reusable medical devices.

You will need: good communication and interpersonal skills, excellent attention to detail, excellent customer services attributes, good numeracy and literacy skills and good retentive memory.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

14 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year

per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR960-26

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 9SF

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Ability to train staff in decontamination systems
• Previous customer services experience

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience in the decontamination of reusable medical devices

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English (grade 2-4)

Desirable

• NVQ3 (Technical Certificate Decontamination) or equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• A working knowledge of keyboard, typing and computer skills

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Ability to train staff in decontamination systems
• Previous customer services experience

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience in the decontamination of reusable medical devices

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English (grade 2-4)

Desirable

• NVQ3 (Technical Certificate Decontamination) or equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• A working knowledge of keyboard, typing and computer skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 9SF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 9SF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Ability to train staff in decontamination systems
• Previous customer services experience

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience in the decontamination of reusable medical devices

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English (grade 2-4)

Desirable

• NVQ3 (Technical Certificate Decontamination) or equivalent level of knowledge and experience through decontamination training

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work accurately under pressure
• A working knowledge of keyboard, typing and computer skills