Decontamination Technician

An exciting opportunity has risen to join our busy and friendly team in the Endoscopy Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. We are looking for a team player to the join the decontamination team and can help us to provide compassionate and high quality care to our patients by supporting the team with the decontamination of our Endoscopes.

Following the National infection Control Standards of the decontamination including the processes for tracking and tracing of Endoscopes. To help maintain the variety of endoscopes, following the departmental procedures and standards., An exciting opportunity has risen to join our busy and friendly team in the Endoscopy Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. We are looking for a team player to the join the decontamination team and can help us to provide compassionate and high quality care to our patients by supporting the team with the decontamination of our Endoscopes. Following the National infection Control Standards of the decontamination including the processes for tracking and tracing of Endoscopes. To help maintain the variety of endoscopes, following the departmental procedures and standards., lean, decontaminate and maintain a variety of endoscopes, following departmental protocols, to agreed standards.

Maintain accurate, legible and legally sound records of care and assessment provided to patients.

Communicate information effectively to nurses, patients / carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.

To maintain the dignity and privacy of all patients and respect their right to confidentiality

• General education to age 16 years


• Basic literacy and numeracy skills, experience in health care setting


• Experience of working with people


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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel