Sterilization Assistants for the Joint Sterilization Center at Rigshospitalet

Do you want to help ensure that Region Hovedstadens patients are operated on in time with sterile instruments of the highest quality?

The Shared Sterilization Center, Rigshospitalet, is seeking steril assistants for rotating day and evening shifts

Do you want to work in one of the world’s most automated sterilization centers together with engaged and skilled colleagues?

Do you thrive in a varied workday, fixed procedures, high quality and a strong sense of community?

Then perhaps you are the sterilization assistant we are looking for at The Shared Sterilization Center (DFS) at Rigshospitalet.

About the position

We are seeking two sterilization assistants for full-time positions in an exciting and developing production environment with a focus on quality, production flow and patient safety.

The positions involve rotating day and evening shifts

• Day shift from 07:00 to 15:00
• Evening shift from 12:00 to 20:00 or from 15:00 to 23:00
• Weekend shift every third weekend according to the current shift plan

Your place of work will be The Shared Sterilization Center at Rigshospitalet, Henrik Harpestrengs Vej 13, 2100 Copenhagen Ø.

As a new employee you will undergo a structured training program that combines theory and practice. You will be assigned a mentor who ensures a safe and thorough introduction in the first 8 weeks. Thereafter there is an opportunity for ongoing competence development.

The competence development program includes, among others

• Reprocessing process, including washing, packaging and sterilization
• Operation of washers and autoclaves
• Introduction to automation, including AGVs and robots
• Microbiology and infection hygiene
• Instrument knowledge, care and maintenance
• Documentation and traceability via T-DOC
• Documentation of deviations
• Basic understanding of surgical procedures
• Work environment and safety

About you

We are particularly looking for colleagues with a health-care background or experience from quality-controlled production environments.

You could have a background such as

• Dental clinic assistant
• Social and health care assistant or another relevant health-care education
• Operator from the pharmaceutical industry with experience from quality-controlled production

The most important thing is that you are thorough, quality-conscious and eager to learn.

We expect that you

• Are motivated to participate in a long-term learning program
• Have IT skills at user level
• Have technical flair and understanding of automated processes
• Work in a structured way and have good sense of order
• Understand quality-controlled work processes
• Can work independently and at the same time thrive in a team
• Are flexible and can work in rotating shifts
• Speak and write Danish

About us

The Shared Sterilization Center consists of two high-tech units, one at Rigshospitalet and one at Herlev Hospital. Together we support Region Hovedstaden’s hospitals with sterile surgical instruments.

We reprocess surgical instruments in a close interaction between manual and automated processes. With advanced robotics, our sterilization centers are among the most automated in the world.

As a sterilization assistant you will become an important part of the production, where quality, collaboration and timely deliveries are essential for the hospitals’ operating programs and patient safety.

Terms of employment

Start as soon as possible or by arrangement.

Employment is in accordance with one of the agreements below. The starting salary may vary depending on your seniority, experience, education and the geographic location of the workplace.

Trade unions

• Agreement for social and health care personnel - 32.03.1
• Agreement for administration and IT personnel

Positions

• Social and health care helper, social and health care assistant, or social and health care personnel without basic health care education
• Dental clinic assistant

In addition to the starting salary you may have

• the right to allowances according to local preliminary agreements.
• the right to special allowances, e.g. for evening, night and weekend work.
• the possibility to negotiate individual allowances depending on the position as well as your experience and qualifications.

Region Hovedstaden and The Shared Sterilization Center are a smoke-free workplace

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the positions, you are welcome to contact

Aftab Hussain

Team Leader, The Shared Sterilization Center Rigshospitalet

Phone: 29 38 65 35

Email: [email protected]

How to apply

Send your application, CV and relevant educational documents via the link in the advertisement.

We hold ongoing recruitment interviews, so please send your application as soon as possible.

We look forward to hearing from you.