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Job reference: 161939
Salary: Band 3 (£25,468 - £27,486)
Job closing date: 11/09/2023
Job Type: Support Services
Location: Cowlairs Central Decontamination Unit
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 28/08/2023
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: Decontamination (Cowlairs)

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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.

Interested in a career as an Assistant Technical Officer - Decontamination?

An exciting opportunity to join team as a Modern Apprentice Assistant Technical Officer - Decontamination based at our Central Decontamination Unit in Cowlairs.

As an Assistant Technical Officer, you will join the Estates and Facilities team in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

The Decontamination service provides 2 main services for patient centred care provided by clinical teams. Reusable medical devices are reprocessed through all units. The CDUs reprocess instrumentation and rigid scopes and the EDUS reprocess flexible scopes.


​​​​​​​Please refer to the candidate information pack for more details on this role and before you submit your application.  

  This post closes at 12 Noon Monday 11th September 2023. Late applications will not be considered.   

There will be an online information session on Monday 04th September at 6pm, to provide more information about the role and to provide an opportunity for you to ask any questions. To register for this session, Click the link https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/BC13C49E7EC29FC7

 Please note that this is a training post graded under Annex 21 Conditions* and will be paid at the Scottish Living Wage (2023/2024 rate). Trainees will be appointed at a salary of £21308.   

 This post is aligned to the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Modern Apprenticeship Programme and therefore only open to those applicants aged 16 to 24 years (or 16 to 29 years for Disabled Applicants or applicants who are care experienced*), in line with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Widening Access to Employment Strategy and workforce projections.    

  * Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.    

** The pay scale applied to trainees who enter the NHS and undertake all their training whilst an employee. As they develop their knowledge and skills significantly during a period of time measured in years, the use of job evaluation is not appropriate and pay should be determined as a percentage of the pay for qualified staff.1 www.nhsggc.org.uk/media/252246/doc-5-acrobat-document.pdf   

 This is a Band 3, Fixed Term post for 2 years    

Salary - £21308 

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