CSR Technician U

About the role

Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital is a Magnet Hospital, recognized for excellence in nursing care. As a Central Service (CRS) Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that hospital and surgical instruments are clean, safe, and ready for patient use.

Responsibilities

• Disassemble and clean all general surgical and hospital instrumentation and equipment according to established procedures.
• Use appropriate chemicals for cleaning or disinfecting supplies.
• Handle contaminated instruments and supplies according to established procedures to ensure worker safety.
• Inspect instrumentation and equipment for defects, functionality, and cleanliness according to departmental procedures.
• Sort and assemble instrumentation and supplies according to instrument count sheets and established procedures.
• Select and use appropriate packaging materials and methods of wrapping and initial instrumentation according to procedure for tracking purposes.
• Perform quality assurance monitoring according to manufacturer's direction.
• Maintain complete and accurate daily logs and inform supervisors and/or appropriate departments of potential and/or needed repairs.
• Ensure stored instrumentation and equipment are available and in working order.
• Store instrumentation and equipment providing optimum sterility and/or infection control conditions according to established AAMI, AORN, and APIC standards.
• Handle and rotate stock according to departmental policies.
• Issue supplies as ordered, complete all charge forms as necessary, order supplies as necessary, stock specialty and case carts.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• Complete 90 days of on-the-job training to learn basic skills and departmental policies
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic math functions to maintain accurate records
• Strong customer service and team orientation

Preferred qualifications

• Registered Certified Central Service Tech
• One year of Central Service Tech or closely related field experience

Physical Requirements

• Be able to lift up to 40lbs and push/pull carts up to 400 lbs.
• Dexterity sufficient to perform day-to-day instrument counting, sorting, and assembly.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
• Ability to perform duties while walking, standing, stooping, and lifting.
• Able to work in an environment with temperature changes.
• Ability to distinguish colors to utilize color-coded systems used for instrument identification.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.