Sterile Services Team Lead

Sterile Services Lead-Theatres| SSD| Sutton Coldfield| Permanent| Full-Time | £33,000 (dependant on experience) with excellent benefits

Spire Little Aston Hospital are looking for a Sterile Services Lead to join our fantastic team on a full time basis, working 37.5 hours per week, day shifts.07:30-18:00/07:30-15:30/09:30-20:00/12:00-20:00.

This is a busy role in a small unit where you will be responsible for managing a team of technicians including managing rotas, sickness, holiday as well as completing audits and ensuring the unit meets industry requirements.

Spire Little Aston Hospital is a leading private hospital in the Midlands, offering comprehensive hospital care to patients from Birmingham and the surrounding areas of the West Midlands and Staffordshire. The hospital has an exceptional reputation within a variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Sports & Exercise Medicine, Cosmetics, Ophthalmic, Gynaecology, General Surgery & Physiotherapy.

We’re dedicated to providing quality treatment and aftercare to our patients. This means ongoing investment in our facilities and our staff. We also have a dedicated Bone & Joint Clinic with leading orthopaedic consultants, Breast Care Centre and Spire Eye Centre.

Spire Healthcare was announced as winner of the ‘Best Workplace for Learning and Development - Over 1,500 Nursing Staff category’ at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2021. The award recognised the introduction of a whole range of learning and development initiatives for clinical and non-clinical colleagues, this includes Spire's dedicated apprenticeship team which supports a wide variety of apprenticeships including BSc Physiotherapy and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide the multidisciplinary perioperative team with an exemplary sterile supplies service within the operating theatre suite.
• Lead the TSSU team and operationally manage the service ensuring all department staff work within the accreditation systems.
• Support the Theatre Manager in the overall management of the healthcare environment.
• Experience in auditing/compliance.

Who we're looking for:

• Sterile Service experience is essential.
• Leadership experience is essential to manage rotas, holiday, sickness, training etc
• Flexibility to work on our rota.
• Happy with the physical nature of the role. Heavy lifting involved.

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

Our Values:

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.   We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.