Decontamination Support Assistant | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

1. To provide decontamination support to the Special Care Dental Service
2. To take responsibility for the day to day running of the decontamination room
3. To assist in the smooth and efficient running of the dental service

1. To decontaminate dental instruments and equipment working to the services quality systems, policies, procedures and guidelines as required
2. To clean dental instruments and dental equipment as required to manufacturers guidelines
3. To clean dental instruments using the washer disinfector or ultra-sonic bath
4. To sterilise dental instruments using autoclaves
5. To pouch decontaminated dental instruments marking the "use by date" and store in accordance with HTM 01-05 guidelines
6. To carry out daily equipment checks to adhere to health and safety and regulations and organising for prompt repair
7. To document daily maintenance of machines and equipment as required
8. To carry out all dental instruments and equipment tracking as required
9. Comply with daily documentation of the decontamination of all equipment
10. Be proactive in problem solving when equipment fails and be confident and competent when reporting any non-conformance
11. To undertake administrative duties as required

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support


• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county


• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options


• Excellent training and development opportunities


• Research opportunities


• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton


• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks


• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces


• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)


• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast


• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

1. To deliver dental instruments and equipment for use to the dental surgeries in the clinic
2. To collect dental instruments and equipment requiring decontamination from the dental surgeries within the clinic
3. Ensure that the correct dental instruments and equipment are decontaminated for each dental surgery and that there is adequate supply to ensure that the lists run efficiently
4. Follow process and procedure covering daily/weekly/monthly checks of all equipment
5. To assist with the organising of general and periodic machine servicing and action accordingly
6. To report when stock levels are low and monitor stock control
7. To check sterilised dental instruments and equipment in store are within date and re-process non-compliant items
8. To assist the dental nurse team with the set up and close down of surgeries including replenishing stock where low
9. To assist in collecting and returning dental equipment to the area in which it is stored
10. To have a full understanding of COSHH regulations , especially with regard to hazardous cleaning chemicals
11. To ensure personal protective equipment is worn in all areas as specified in the infection control protocol
12. To ensure Trust policies and procedures are adhered to