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Dental Decontamination Technician
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Home Office register entry: GLoucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester
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Role description
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Dental Decontamination Technician to join our team. The successful candidate will paly a vital role in supporting the delivery of safe, high quality dental care by ensuring al dental instruments and equipment are effectively decontaminated, sterilised, and maintained in accordance of HTM 01-05 and current processes.
Main duties of the job
- Utilising specialised decontamination equipment.
- Ensure used equipment and instruments are cleaned, sterilised and repackaged.
- Undertake frequent testing of specialised decontamination equipment and pressurised vessels to ensure that these items of equipment are functioning correctly
- To ensure a smooth and efficient running of the Dental service
- It is a requirement for this role that the successful candidate is appropriately vaccinated to carry out this role once induction and on site training is complete.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Details
Date posted
01 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
327-26-697
Job locations
Springbank Community Resource Centre
Springbank way
Cheltenham
GL51 0LH
United Kingdom
Last verified against our ingestion on 2 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.