Decontamination Technician Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

Job description

ENGIE are recruiting for a Decontamination Technician to be based at Queen Alexandra Hospital Southwick Hill Rd, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY. This is a permanent full time role working 37.5 hours per week, working shift patterns are based on a 4 Week rota including 1 week lates until 10 pm and one weekend in 4 weeks. On offer is a competitive salary of between £26,000- £30,000 per annum, plus £3,000 per annum, shift allowance, depending on skills and experience.


We are looking for a confident, experienced and driven individual with good planning and organisational skills

Do you think that you have the energy to succeed at ENGIE?


General Overview:   

The successful candidates will undertake planned, preventative maintenance, testing, repairs and new installation work covering a wide range of equipment, services, systems and buildings associated with the running of a large hospital. To work shift patterns as determined by the role and reporting directly to the Team Leader.

Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:

·  Support the Estates Management in the provision of a 24hr maintenance Service within the Portsmouth Hospital Trust for the service provider.
·  Undertake any training as required
·  Promote a culture of customer service to both internal and external customers and partners and to liaise with other departments regarding maintenance issues if required
·  Undertake any other reasonable tasks and duties relevant to the post
·  After suitable training and guidance diagnose faults, repair and maintain complex equipment in accordance with Health Technical Memorandum (HTM’s) and other specialised hospital equipment.
·  Carry out the work of other trades where there is an interface to the work in hand with a level of competence that’s outside core trade.
·  To carry a radio or pager to facilitate immediate response.
·  To carry out weekly Process Control Testing and Maintenance of all decontamination Plant including Breakdowns, fault finding, servicing and repairing along with CAF and audit trail paper work.
·  To work on the following types of machine including the services that support them
·                Sterilizers
·                Washer disinfectors
·                AER’s (automated endoscope reprocesses)
·                Reverse osmosis plants
·                Ultrasonic cleaners
·                Little sister machines
·                Scope sterile hanging cabinets
·                Pathology LTE machines
·                Steam, air, water, drainage, electrics, etc 
·  To work to the requirements detailed in HTM 2010 , HTM 2030 & CFPP for testing of decontamination plant.
·  To observe statutory and other relevant requirements at all times in particular those relating to the Health & Safety at Work Act, COSHH regulations and Electrical IEE regulations. For more information about ENGIE please visit:http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

Required Qualifications:
Essential:   

·  City & Guilds HTM2010 in sterilizers & City & Guilds HTM2030 washer disinfectors, 
·  CFPP (Cold Filter Plugging Point)Knowledge 
·  AER (Adverse Event Report) Knowledge
·  RO (reverse osmosis)Plant & Water treatment Knowledge
Desirable:   

·  B/TEC/ONC (Ordinary National Certificate)in engineering
Required Experience:

·  Essential: 
·  Relevant trade experience
·  Basic competence with IT (Information technology) and PDA’s (personal digital assistant device)
Desirable: 

·  Working in a hospital environment
·  Working on specialist hospital equipment
·  Knowledge of other trades
·  Knowledge of HTM’s (health technical memorandum)

This role requires an enhanced disclosure

An enhanced disclosure contains the following information:

·  All convictions both current and past,
·  Cautions, reprimands and warnings help on the police national computer for England and Wales,
·  Relevant convictions in Scotland and Northern Ireland may be included,
·  Checks against the Children’s and Vulnerable adults barring list,
·  Additional checks for relevant information held by the local police forces for the position being applied for. For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This job advert is supported by the ENGIE Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.