To provide day to day logistical management of all the Surgical instruments, used with the Trust, which directly contributes to the smooth and efficient running of the Operating Theatres and quality patient care by ensuring that all surgical instruments, used with the various theatres areas are made available for use in a timely manner. In addition, the post holder will also order new instruments and oversee the repair and replacement of instruments, to ensure instruments are always available and in exceptional working order. High standards of quality and safety and excellent communication skills are vital to this role.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Responsibilities
- Daily communication with the Sterile Services Decontamination team to identify instruments needed as a priority or next day use.
- Daily communication with other instrument coordinators within the other hospital theatre areas to arrange transport of instrument between the hospitals on an ad hoc basis and their return following use.
- Daily liaison with sterile services to identify and prioritise equipment for next day use known as Fast‑tracking.
- Receive “Loaned In” surgical instruments for specialist surgery and ensure these are sent to the Decontamination unit for cleaning, sterilisation and return ready for use.
- Maintain records of instrument repairs and activity of both Trusts owned and loan instrument use.
- Manage all instrument repairs, including sharpening and replacement of broken, blunt or defective instruments, ensuring swift completion.
- Carry out expiry date checks on all instruments and return out of fate items when expired for reprocessing.
- Maintain storage areas for sterile instruments as per trust requirements in line with regulatory and infection control requirements.
- Although based at Aintree, required flexibility to work across all sites – RLH, B/G & Aintree – covering for staff leave.
- Post is a weekly alternating shift: one week work 07:00‑15:00, following week work 10:00‑18:00.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026.
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