Ambulatory Instrument Processing Technician

About the role

The Instrument Processing Technician at Job Description Regions Hospital is responsible for all sterile processing tasks, including decontamination, assembly, and sterilization of instruments; coordinating the repair of surgical instruments, ordering surgical supplies, and performing related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates, assembles, and sterilizes instruments according to policies and procedures.
• Completes all monitoring paperwork, sterilization records, and records of instrument sets within required timelines.
• Maintains sterility of equipment and supplies.
• Trains and transports, handles, and stores sterile instruments and supplies according to appropriate standards.
• Treats all instruments and equipment in decontamination areas appropriately.
• Cleans instruments and equipment following proper cleaning procedures.
• Organizes and sorts instrument sets and equipment for proper cleaning, decontamination, and ensures appropriate methods of cleaning are used.
• Performs presoaking, loading of instruments in the ultrasonic/medivator, and washer/disinfector, and performs manual cleaning/washing.
• Prioritizes work according to direction and demand, monitoring flow and timing.
• Inspects and reassembles clean instrumentation and equipment according to standard operating procedures.
• Sorts instruments according to type.
• Assembles instruments according to appropriate recipe.
• Prepares instrument sets and appropriately places them in either rigid containers or prepares for wrapping with proper identification, entering into queue for sterilization.
• Maintains appropriate levels of sterile instrument sets and individual instrumentation relative to Operating Room scheduling.

Requirements

Education: High school diploma/equivalent. Experience: None Required.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Designed To Support Your Total Health

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.