Junior Decontamination Technician - Grange University Hospital
Are you looking for a rewarding role where your work directly impacts patient safety and clinical care? Our HSDU team is expanding, and we're looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join us as Junior Decontamination Technicians.
This is an excellent opportunity to start or grow a career within NHS Wales in a highly specialised and essential service.
As a Junior Decontamination Technician, you will play a vital role in ensuring that reusable medical devices — including surgical instruments and flexible endoscopes — are cleaned, disinfected, inspected, packed, sterilised, and tracked to the highest standard.
You’ll work alongside experienced Technicians and Supervisors and receive full training to build confidence and competence in all areas of decontamination practice.
The working hours for this post are 14:00 \- 22:00, Monday \- Friday.
Daily duties will include:
Receiving, disassembling, cleaning, disinfecting, and reassembling reusable medical devices
Preparing, packaging, and sterilising surgical instrument trays
Processing endoscopes in line with departmental protocols
Using specialist equipment, including washers, sterilisers and automated endoscope reprocessors
Completing tracking and traceability of equipment
Supporting stock rotation and reporting shortages
Communicating with theatres, wards, endoscopy, and other clinical areas to ensure smooth service delivery
Working as an essential part of a supportive, skilled team
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi\-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in\-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world\-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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