Certified Instrument Technician- Atrium Health Pineville, Full Time Weekender

Full-time position, 40 hours per week.

Schedule

• Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
• 0700–1930

Pay

$20.80 – $31.20 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to safety standards.
• Identify, respond to, and report malfunctions and/or alarms.
• Perform efficacy and quality testing for all processes and equipment.
• Identify manual and/or mechanical cleaning according to the manufacturer’s IFU for all general, laparoscopic, orthopedic, neuro, cardiovascular, power, and instrumentation.
• Perform flexible scope processing utilizing High Level Disinfection (HLD).
• Determine, prepare, and use supplies required in the assembly process.
• Identify, inspect, and assemble general and specialty instruments, checking for cleanliness and functionality utilizing count sheets.
• Package and label instrumentation following standards.
• Safely determine sterilization equipment functionality, operation, monitoring, and maintenance with verification and documentation of sterilization process.
• Perform high temperature (steam) and low temperature (gas plasma, ethylene oxide, liquid chemical) sterilization.
• Ensure surgical instruments and equipment are decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked based on quality and infection prevention standards.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Sterile Processing Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) certification required.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Works in-patient care areas independently under stressful conditions.
• Continuous standing and walking, bending and/or stooping, reaching and/or stretching, pushing and/or pulling heavy loads.
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Base compensation within the listed pay range based on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

About the Organization

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.