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🥝 SSD Assistant

Spire Healthcare | United Kingdom, United Kingdom | Posted June 23, 2026

SSD Assistant

Job Description

Sterile Services Assistant | Spire Hartswood Hospital | Theatre Department | Brentwood | Full Time | 

Spire Harstwoods Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Sterile Services Decontamination (SSD) Assistant to join our Theatre Department on a full time 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.

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 decontamin...

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