DECONTAMINATION TECHNICIAN

Job responsibilities

• To undertake decontamination science duties and assist (under supervision) the workforce of Decontamination Technician Supervisors, in providing a specialised decontamination of medical devices service contributing to the clinical care of the patient.
• To carry out the receipt, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, packing and sterilization of reusable medical devices. Record all tasks in the Healthcare Science Information Systems (tracking and tracing) database.
• Work in accordance with the Departments Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems.
• To provide supervision to Apprentice Decontamination Technicians within the team.
• Plan your own workload with limited supervision.
• The role involves exposure to blood and body fluids.