# Bank SSD Assistant

**Company**: Spire Harpenden Hospital
**Location**: HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Spire Harpenden Hospital is looking for a dedicated and reliable Sterile Services Assistant to join our Theatre Department on a bank basis.

Working as part of our Sterile Services Department (SSD), you'll play a crucial role in supporting safe and effective patient care by ensuring surgical instruments and equipment are cleaned, sterilised, tracked, and prepared for use.

**Responsibilities:**

- Clean, disinfect, sterilise, and prepare surgical instruments and equipment in line with national standards and hospital procedures.

- Check instrument sets before and after the decontamination process to ensure completeness and quality.

- Pack instruments, consumables, and linen ready for sterilisation.

- Maintain accurate instrument tracking records and documentation.

- Monitor equipment performance and report any faults or repair requirements.

- Operate decontamination and sterilisation equipment safely and effectively.

- Support compliance with infection prevention and control standards.

- Assist with stock management and department organisation.

- Undertake manual handling tasks and physical duties, including lifting and moving equipment where required.

**Requirements:**

- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures accurately.

- Good communication and teamwork skills.

- Ability to work independently and use initiative when required.

- Understanding of the importance of cleanliness, safety, and quality standards.

- Physically capable of undertaking manual handling and lifting duties.

**Desirable:**

- Certificate in Decontamination or NVQ Level 3 in Decontamination.

- Previous experience within a Sterile Services, Theatre, Healthcare, or Clinical Support environment.

- Knowledge of infection prevention and control, aseptic techniques, sterile packing procedures, surgical instruments and equipment, SSD machinery and processes, and relevant quality and ISO standards.

**Benefits:**

- Bank colleagues are paid weekly.

- Competitive rates for bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis.

- Free onsite car park.

- Access to Spire Healthcare pension.

- Access to Blue Light Card discounts.

- Free uniform.

- Free DBS.

- Full induction, including mandatory training updates.

## Skills

### Required
- sterilisation
- infection prevention
- manual handling
- communication
- teamwork

### Nice to have
- Certificate in Decontamination
- NVQ Level 3 in Decontamination
- previous experience in Sterile Services

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