Estates - Decontamination Engineer

  • Department Estates (QBP)
  • Salary £29,970.00 – £36,483 per annum
  • Closing Date 05/06/2025
  • Location Queensway Business Park
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
  • Job ref 223-DCE-293
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Permanent
  • Hours 37.5

Job overview

The post holder will be required to carry out maintenance, validation and periodic testing of washer-disinfectors and sterilisers and associated equipment/infrastructure, including RO water plant within the Sterile Services Department (SSD), and as necessary, to work at other decontamination facilities within the Trust, such as those that support the Endoscopy and Pathology services. The post holder will be part of the Estates multi-disciplined team and should therefore be able to work as part of the team, but also have the ability to work alone and be an active member of the on-call team, which provides emergency cover outside of normal working hours.

The post holder will be required to act as the Competent Person (Decontamination) as defined in Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 01-01: Management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care.

 The post holder will be required to carry out commissioning, quarterly and annual validations and maintenance on various types of decontamination equipment and carry out planned and reactive maintenance on all the electrical and mechanical plant that is part of the infrastructure of the SSD and Endoscopy units

Main duties of the job

  • To carry out the maintenance, validation, and periodic testing on various types of decontamination equipment in accordance with National and European standards.
  • Be an active member of the Estates team, and to be willing to support and assist work colleagues when requested, across a broad range of engineering services.
  • To work on a wide range of equipment and carry out the weekly, quarterly, annual and commissioning tests and ensure that all tests are carried out in accordance with European Standards and Health Technical Memorandum guidance, so as to ensure that the equipment is safe and reliable in use.
  • To interpret all chart recording results, including the preparation and presentation of detailed reports and documentation in accordance with EN and HTM requirements.
  • To interpret the results of the weekly, quarterly, annual and commissioning tests and to advise site management of the outcome, and any follow up action required.
  • The post holder has the freedom to act to ensure that the validation service is continuously provided and will use their own judgment to decide upon when to inform their line manager and/or ‘Users’ of any issues that may impact adversely on the SSD/ Endoscopy service.  
  • To make informed use of detailed technical information provided by the Manufacturer’s service manuals.
  • To carry out investigations and to repair and give advice on complex fault finding on decontamination equipment.

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