Job Description

Bank Sterile Services Assistant | Theatre Department | Spire Hartswood Hospital | Flexible contract

Spire Hartswood Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Sterile Services Decontamination (SSD) Assistant to join our Theatre Department on a bank basis.

The successful candidate will support the SSD team by cleaning, sterilising, and packing theatre instruments, ensuring all equipment is correct, safe, and ready for use. This is a physically demanding role, involving regular manual handling and heavy lifting.

A Bank contract at Spire Healthcare is a flexible employment agreement where you are not committed to a set number of hours per week. Instead, you work on an ad-hoc basis, filling in shifts that we have available in our hospital. A Bank contract is ideal for individuals seeking flexibility, as it allows you to choose shifts that fit your availability, leaving you with a greater work-life balance. Bank contracts are also a fantastic way to secure additional income alongside other contracted work.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Undertake routine tasks related to patient health and wellbeing
• Check that the correct instruments are present on trays pre‑ and post‑decontamination
• Pack linen, instruments, and consumables for sterilisation
• Accurately complete instrument tracking systems
• Monitor and report instrument repairs
• Check the function of sterilising and decontamination equipment in line with manufacturers’ instructions
• Carry out physical duties, including heavy lifting, as required

Who we're looking for:

• Certificate in Decontamination or NVQ Level 3 in Decontamination (desirable)
• Self‑motivated with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Basic awareness of health, safety, and hygiene standards

Understanding of:

• Infection control principles
• Fundamentals of microbiology and aseptic technique
• SSD machinery
• Basic surgical instruments and equipment
• Sterile packing techniques
• ISO standards

Benefits:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.