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You will be required to provide a service for the receipt and distribution of surgical instruments within a clinical environment based at Wythenshawe Hospital covering a range of shifts/hours. You will be required to liaise with clinical and non-clinical staff and other service providers in order to provide a service which will impact on patient care throughout the Trust. You may be required to work across sites within WTWA (Wythenshawe, Withington, Altrincham).

Please use the details below to arrange a site visit or if you have any questions regarding the post.

A site visit is encouraged and welcomed.

• Organisation of the sources required for the collection, receipt and distribution of reusable medical devices for the use in theatres and all satellite areas within Wythenshawe Hospital.
• Assist professionally qualified staff in the delivery of all aspects of patient focused care safely and in a timely manner.
• Ability to manage workload with flexible work patterns to demands of the service.
• Provides appropriate administrative support as required to help ensure the efficient an effective running of the service.
• Ensures timely distribution of delivered stock to all areas across the hospital to maintain the service on a daily basis.
• To assist in the teaching of new sterile services assistants and any other staff members ensure the quality of service is maintained to the agreed, directed high standards.

This role requires physical effort, spending time on your feet, walking and handling/pushing heavy loads.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!