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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Band 3 - Decontamination Team Leader

Salary

£30,630 to £32,346 a year

Apply on Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust has a vacancy for a Decontamination Team Leader at their Decontamination Services unit based in Enfield.

The shift pattern will be Wednesday to Sunday 14:00 to 22:00 and you will receive an enhancement of pay for working unsocial hours.

The unit has the capacity to process 14 million surgical instruments and 140,000 flexible endoscopes a year and provides a service to NHS and Private Hospitals.

Your role will be to assist with the day-to-day production, issue, and distribution of medical devices for clinical use, supporting the production manager, supervisor, decontamination technicians, and driver/porters on the shift.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust offers generous benefits and training opportunities to develop your career.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Assist with day-to-day production, issue, and distribution of medical devices
  • Support production manager, supervisor, decontamination technicians, and driver/porters on the shift

Requirements:

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
  • Numeracy, literacy, and IT literacy
  • Previous work as an SSD Technician
  • Ability to organize self and others, follow routine and procedures, attention to detail, and customer service skills
  • Willingness to continue personal development, problem-solving, and decision-making
  • Ability to work flexible shifts and in all areas of the department, including distribution of stock

Desirable:

  • IDSc Decon Course, NVQ/TVQ Decontamination
  • User of washer disinfectors and autoclaves, previously worked with ISO13485, previous supervisory experience
  • Work to deadlines and drive production areas, team worker

Salary: £30,630 to £32,346 a year Contract: Permanent Working Pattern: Full-time, flexible working

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • IDSc Decon Course
  • NVQ/TVQ Decontamination
  • washer disinfectors and autoclaves
  • ISO13485
  • supervisory experience

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9391-26-1840

Apply on Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust