Sterile Services Technical Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 18
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Sterile Services Technical Assistant at Broadgreen Hospital, working part-time on weekends. The successful candidate will be involved in the reprocessing of reusable surgical instruments, operating washer disinfectors and sterilisers, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Training for the IDSc Technical Certificate is provided, which must be completed within two years. Flexibility to drive department vehicles is also required.
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 (or equivalent) in Decontamination and or Sterile Services or equivalent. or 2. Undertake and successfully pass the required qualification within 2 years of employment.
- Experience in a medical device's decontamination environment or GMP cleanroom such as (aseptic, medical device production, pharmacy or other quality driven production environment)
- Excellent technical and communications skills and the ability to inspire motivate and lead staf
- Experience in dealing with both undertaking internal quality audits
- Ability to review and understand technical data from equipment against specified and pre agreed parameters.
- Possess an understanding of safety requirements and controls in this or similar environment. and experience of following procedures and other work instructions
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of working and maintaining an environmentally controlled cleanroom environment and the relative standards including monitoring and testing of these areas.
Desirable criteria
- Have an understanding of the Department of Health requirements for the processes to minimise the spread of Prions such as CJD and other infections cases with regards to instrument decontamination.
- Other
- Be flexible to meet the needs of the service and staff. Manage own time effectively as needed. Directed by SOP's. Self-motivating and has a positive can-do attitude. Creative thinker and inspirational role model.
- Working within a strict quality driven governance framework to national objectives and department of Health requirements
- To demonstrate examples in response to change and positively review and adept to new technology or methods of working
- NVQ 3 (or equivalent) in Decontamination and or Sterile Services or equivalent. or 2. Undertake and successfully pass the required qualification within 2 years of employment.
- Experience in a medical device's decontamination environment or GMP cleanroom such as (aseptic, medical device production, pharmacy or other quality driven production environment)
- Excellent technical and communications skills and the ability to inspire motivate and lead staf
- Experience in dealing with both undertaking internal quality audits
- Ability to review and understand technical data from equipment against specified and pre agreed parameters.
- Possess an understanding of safety requirements and controls in this or similar environment. and experience of following procedures and other work instructions
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of working and maintaining an environmentally controlled cleanroom environment and the relative standards including monitoring and testing of these areas.
- Have an understanding of the Department of Health requirements for the processes to minimise the spread of Prions such as CJD and other infections cases with regards to instrument decontamination.
- Other
- Be flexible to meet the needs of the service and staff. Manage own time effectively as needed. Directed by SOP's. Self-motivating and has a positive can-do attitude. Creative thinker and inspirational role model.
- Working within a strict quality driven governance framework to national objectives and department of Health requirements
- To demonstrate examples in response to change and positively review and adept to new technology or methods of working
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 5d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sterile Services Technical Assistant
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
If you are a person with a "Can do " attitude who wants to make a difference in their workplace then this is the role for you!
This is an exciting and engaging opportunity for candidate to grow on the job. We are looking for someone thoughtful who has enthusiasm working in a team and on own initiative, who is eager to learn, support their colleagues and pass on their knowledge.
This is a role within Sterile Services Department where training is provided on the reprocessing of reusable Surgical Instruments.
IDSc Technical Certificate is required or successful candidate will be required to prepare to undertake & complete the IDSc Technical Certificate with in 2 years of their start date of employment.
Successful candidate will come under Annex 21, until completion of the IDSc Technical Certificate.
Flexibility to drive Department Vehicles.
Please note that Previous Applicants need Not Apply.
Main duties of the job
Working from the Broadgreen Hospital site, the role of a sterile services technician is to work as part of a dedicated team providing a critical decontamination service to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The hours for permanent 6 x part time x weekend alternating shift are: 6am - 3pm / 10.3
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