Sterile Services Supervisor

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Sterile Services Supervisor

The closing date is 20 October 2025

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7am - 2:30pm plus participation in the bank holiday rota

Contract: Permanent

Location: Brighton

The Sterile Services Department based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital provides a complete decontamination/distribution service to all theatres, wards and departments within the hospital.

Your role will be to supervise and organise staff within SSD on the Night Shift. This will include allocation of staff and resources within the department as dictated by the workload. You will be required to monitor equipment within SSD to ensure parameters are met as per legislation.

You will have at least 2 years' experience of working within an SSD department, completion of an SSD related training programme, completion, in progress or willingness to commence the NVQ qualification in decontamination.

Main duties of the job

The Supervisor will be responsible for all aspects of production management within a designated shift within the Sterile Services Department and Endoscope reprocessing. This will include; managing production inputs/outputs and quality (including prioritising/re-organising work as appropriate), responding to ad hoc questions and concerns from technicians and generally ensuring efficient and effective service delivery.

About us

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.

Job responsibilities

Service Delivery and Improvement

The Supervisor will be responsible for:

Listening, generating and providing suggestions made by staff on work organisation or service improvement to the Production Manager. This will include assisting the Production Manager in providing a forum for staff to make suggestions for improvement or to update on barriers to effective service provision or general issues affecting morale.

Assisting with the review and development of departmental quality assurance initiatives in conjunction with the Production Manager.

Assisting the Production Manager with operational aspects of service expansion, redesign, and development plans.

Providing regular updates to the Production Manager on NCRs, customer complaints and other key performance indicators.

Promoting good employee relations and morale within the shift. This will include actively co-operating with staff engagement plans, having a zero tolerance policy on discrimination, understanding and engaging with the principles of dignity at work and leading by example.

Reviewing and developing departmental policies and procedures in conjunction with the Production Manager and proposing changes and implementing new protocols where appropriate.

The Supervisor will, where possible, be a working member of the shift and will be required to regularly work on the production floor. This will include; disassembling and cleaning contaminated equipment, inspecting, testing, assembling, packing, sterilizing and distributing instruments, scopes and equipment for supply to customers, wards, departments, theatres and external customers.

People Management and Development

Develop and maintain strong relationships with the technicians. This will be empirical to the role as open dialogue between shift parties will be required at all times to maintain shift effectiveness. This will include becoming adept at transferring key information quickly whilst managing competing priorities.

Carry out appraisals for a cohort of staff and report any development needs to the Production Manager.

Providing routine information to clinical users and addressing concerns where appropriate. Although the Production Manager will usually hold the quick turnaround phone and manage the bulk of the clinical relationships, the Supervisor will be expected to build relationships with clinical users and be able to answer ad hoc questions and resolve ad hoc issues.

Person Specification

Experience

- Minimum 2 years SSD experience
- GCSE or equivalent in English and maths
- NVQ or Technical certificate in Decontamination.
- Member of IDSC.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum, pro rata

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