Trainee TSSU Technician - Cowlairs Central Decontamination Unit

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this position is Monday to Friday 12:00 20:00. 

Cowlairs CDU provides a full decontamination/sterilisation service to Theatres, Clinics and Community services within the Glasgow area of the Health Board. The unit reprocess, on average, 12 million reusable instruments per year. It will be a requirement of all post-holders to become multi-skilled in all zones of the CDU in order to satisfy all the requirements of the post. Once fully trained in all the zones of the CDU, staff will be rostered in such a way as to rotate through the various zones on a regular basis. The core activity of a decontamination unit is the decontamination, assembly, packaging and sterilisation of re-useable medical devices. The post holder will undertake all tasks appropriate to the grade of ATO Support Worker throughout all zones of the CDU and will be trained in all specialities to become an Assistant Technical Officer (ATO). Decontamination of medical devices and instrument knowledge is essential as well as a good general education including literacy and numeracy skills together with manual dexterity desirable. Training will be provided in Decontamination/ Assembly/ Checking/ Packaging and Sterilisation however knowledge of Decontamination is advantageous

Informal contact: Julie Henderson/Francis Haughey, Assistant Production Managers, , Francis.Haughey@ggc.scot.nhs.uk/ Julie.Henderson2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa or a Heath and Care Worker visa. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is unable to provide candidates or employees with a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).  

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

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NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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