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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.
There is one Senior Assistant Technical Officer position available at the Dental Central Decontamination Unit. You will be expected to work 5 days out of 7, which may include shift or weekend work. This position's core hours are 08:00-16:00, 10:00-18:00 on a rotating basis. Flexibility with shift patterns may be required to cover other leave.
The core activity of the Dental Central Decontamination Unit in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School is the cleaning, disinfection, assembly, packaging and sterilisation of re-useable dental medical devices in accordance with manufacturer instructions.
You will undertake all tasks appropriate to the Grade of Sterile Senior Assistant Technical throughout the Dental Central Decontamination Unit. These are to receive, clean, disinfect, inspect, package, sterilise and distribute reusable dental medical devices for use on patients in clinics, theatres and other patient treatment areas. You will also operate within the complex environment of decontamination, ensuring that knowledge and skills are kept up to date through ongoing training and assessment. It is essential you have significant experience working within a Central Decontamination Unit or hold an IDSc Technical Certificate or be willing to work towards achieving it.
For further information on the above post please contact Jacqui McCormick on 0141 211 9899.
This post closes on the 24th November 2023.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
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