SSD Floor Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing a team of Floor Managers and Technicians in the Sterile Services Department (SSD), focusing on the preparation and sterilisation of medical devices. You will be responsible for the identification, classification, inspection, and reprocessing of reusable medical equipment, ensuring strict quality and safety standards. The position requires supervisory experience, including appraisals and training, and involves working a 37.5-hour week, Monday to Friday, with rotational weekend and bank holiday shifts.
Essential criteria
- NVQ3 equivalent level of knowledge and training
- Training in specialist decontamination sciences or equivalent experience Full IDSc membership or willing to work towards it.
- GSCE grade C or above in 3 subjects including Math's and English
Desirable criteria
- ISO Quality Internal Audit Certificate
- Experience & Knowledge
- Experience in all sections of decontamination department
- Understands the concept and management of urgent/priority medical devices and non-conformances
- Experience of managing less experienced/qualified staff
- Experience using decontamination equipment
- Can demonstrate the ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
- Good understanding of Health, Safety and C.O.S.H.H.
- Previously held supervisors post or worked at a senior level in decontamination.
- Able to undertake Internal ISO Quality audits and write up findings
- SKills & Abilities
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills, relates to colleagues in an effective and positive manner on routine matters
- Make effective decisions
- Able to work to given schedules and rotas
- Able to organise and manage their personal responsibilities, with referral to senior staff when required, in a timely and efficient manner
- Prioritise urgent workload
- Ability to work to deadlines and objectives
- Ability to undertake and report on non-conformances and investigations
- Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality, accuracy according to departmental standard operational procedures
- Understand the importance of KPI's
- Use of department tracking information systems
- Use of hospital information systems
- Understands the fundamentals of data quality, data protection and the confidential use of patient information
- Use of Word and PC systems including operation of Windows-based software, and keyboard skills
- Use of quality management system
- Ability to work to high standards under pressure.
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
- Always demonstrates a professional manner
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Demonstrates logical thinking to help troubleshooting
- Ability to motivate others
- Ambitious
- Ability to work in an organised and calm fashion in a busy environment
- Cope with exposure to blood and body fluids
- Able to wear PPE
- Abilities to carry out duties including pushing /manoeuvring trolleys weighing up to 300Kg, manual handling of sets weighing up to 15Kg and standing for long periods of time
- Education & Qualification
- NVQ3 equivalent level of knowledge and training
- Training in specialist decontamination sciences or equivalent experience Full IDSc membership or willing to work towards it.
- GSCE grade C or above in 3 subjects including Math's and English
- ISO Quality Internal Audit Certificate
- Experience & Knowledge
- Experience in all sections of decontamination department
- Understands the concept and management of urgent/priority medical devices and non-conformances
- Experience of managing less experienced/qualified staff
- Experience using decontamination equipment
- Can demonstrate the ability to work to strict standards of quality and safety
- Good understanding of Health, Safety and C.O.S.H.H.
- Previously held supervisors post or worked at a senior level in decontamination.
- Able to undertake Internal ISO Quality audits and write up findings
- SKills & Abilities
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills, relates to colleagues in an effective and positive manner on routine matters
- Make effective decisions
- Able to work to given schedules and rotas
- Able to organise and manage their personal responsibilities, with referral to senior staff when required, in a timely and efficient manner
- Prioritise urgent workload
- Ability to work to deadlines and objectives
- Ability to undertake and report on non-conformances and investigations
- Ability to recognise and monitor parameters of quality, accuracy according to departmental standard operational procedures
- Understand the importance of KPI's
- Use of department tracking information systems
- Use
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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
SSD Floor Manager
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Our department is looking for keen motivated individuals to join our busy team of Floor Managers and Technicians in preparing medical devices and associated equipment for daily use.
Technicians will be trained to carefully wash / pack & inspect all ranges of medical devices before being sterilised and processed for surgery.
Full training in decontamination, sterilisation, and Quality Management will be given to the successful applicant.
It is essential that applicants have good communication skills; excellent attention to detail and can work under their own initiative.
The hours of work would be 37.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday between 8am & 8pm and you would be expected to work weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis.
Supervisory experience necessary, leading a small team, completing annual appraisals, return to work conversations and training junior members of the team.
Main duties of the job
You will be introduced to the identification, classification and inspection of reusable medical devices.
You will also cover reprocessing of specialist equipment as well as repairs and maintenance.
Used returned medical devices must be regarded as a potential infectious hazard to handlers including decontamination service personnel.
You will also cover th
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