Job description
Department: 34008470 Sterile Processing
Shift: Day/Evening (United States of America)
Hours: 40
Contract: SEIU-4-United Service Workers
Weekend Rotation: Occasional
Job Profile Summary: Provides sterile equipment and supplies to surgery and other departments as required. This work includes decontamination, cleaning, sterilization and processing of supplies and equipment, following guidelines from federal and state agencies, manufacturer and hospital infection control.
Job Description:
Additional Job Description:
Shift: Day/Evening (United States of America)
Hours: 40
Contract: SEIU-4-United Service Workers
Weekend Rotation: Occasional
Job Profile Summary: Provides sterile equipment and supplies to surgery and other departments as required. This work includes decontamination, cleaning, sterilization and processing of supplies and equipment, following guidelines from federal and state agencies, manufacturer and hospital infection control.
Job Description:
Principle Responsibilities
Job Requirements
- Demonstrates skill in preparation of surgical instruments
- Performs decontamination, assembly and sterilization of surgical instrumentation per department policy and procedures.
- Assures instruments are clean and free of foreign matter in preparation for sterilization.
- Assembles instrument sets and trays accurately.
- Packages and labels items for correct sterilization method.
- Performs work following safety standards and protocols
- Follows infection control guidelines when working in decontamination.
- Demonstrates appropriate use of washers/disinfectors, ultrasonic machine, high level disinfection and other department equipment.
- Operates sterilizers safely, documenting loads according to standards.
- Processes and interprets biological controls and tests per guidelines, documenting for each procedure.
- Reports potentially unsafe situations and malfunctioning equipment to supervisor or Lead.
- Conducts quality assurance checks on all required equipment per department guidelines.
- Provides support for Case Carts, Sterile Core and other areas as assigned
- Pulls cases for next day, add-on and emergency procedures accurately.
- Completes the appropriate paperwork for compliant charging and billing of case.
- Follows tasks assignment list when working in the sterile core.
- Responds to urgent requests with accuracy and efficiency.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Must be 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies as listed on the job description, and High school diploma or GED preferred
- Vocational or Technical Training Completion of Instrument Specialist/Central Supply program, or Surgical Technology program preferred
- 0 to 2 years in sterile processing 1 year preferred
- Sterile Processing Technician - The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) required CBSPD within 1-1/2 Yrs or
- Certified Registered Central Service Tech CRCST within 1-1/2 Yrs required
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