Patients come first
Sterile services support hospital teams with the provision of sterile equipment, instrumentation for surgical procedures.
Your career route
There is a clear career route to enter as a technician and develop through management to lead teams and then develop as a senior manager.
View the career path for more information.
Start your journey
Hit the ground running with your 90-day induction and get to know the sterile services function and who it serves.
Keep safety at the forefront by completing your mandatory training.
Develop yourself with professional conversations with your manager and by participating through the check-in and appraisal process.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The early careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what you might do.
Technician
Develop your understanding of sterile services with a focus on the key theories vital for starting your career by completing a Healthcare Science Assistant (sterile services).
Speak to your manager or email learning services for information on how to enrol in this course.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The early careers hints and tips article & experienced careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what might do.
Develop your sterile services career
Begin to develop a deeper understanding of sterile services and increase your specialist knowledge with the level 4 healthcare sciences associate.
Speak to your manager or email learning services for information on how to enrol in this course.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The experienced careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what you might do.
Team leader
Reflect upon your improvement as a practitioner within the business, by developing evidence-based practice skills through the level 5 Operational Manager apprenticeship.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The managerial careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what you might do.