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The national decontamination agenda currently addresses a significant aspect of the public health agenda in relation to the control and prevention of Healthcare Associated Infection and iatrogenic transmission of vCJD.
Health Facilities Scotland is a division of National Services Scotland and provides operational guidance to NHSScotland bodies on a range of healthcare facilities topics. We deliver and co-ordinate effective advice and support in relation to national facilities, decontamination and equipping and technical matters which support and improve health and well-being services.
The Decontamination Team within HFS undertakes projects on behalf of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Dir ectorate and provides support to the NHS Scotland Boards. The aim of these projects is to improve the decontamination of medical devices undertaken within central, endoscope and local decontamination units throughout NHSScotland and the independent sector.
We are looking for a registered Authorising Engineer’s (Decontamination) who works as a member of the Decontamination Team at Health Facilities Scotland, providing decontamination advisory and audit services to healthcare organisations in both the NHS Scotland and private sector.
You will be registered with Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) as an Authorising Engineer (Decontamination) as described in Health Technical Memorandum 0101/SHTM 00. In addition, the post requires a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or, membership of a relevant professional body. You will have excellent interpersonal, management and organisational skills, proven change management experience and the ability and drive to support the delivery of a challenging national agenda.
Our benefits package includes final salary pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
Any candidate who has lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Sulisti Holmes, Head of Decontamination and IRIC Services, Health Facilities Scotland, email Sulisti.holmes@nhs.scot.
Further information on NSS is available from: https://www.nss.nhs.scot/how-nss-works/
Closing date for completed applications is 03rd December 2021.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
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