Driver - Central Sterile Supply

Responsibilities

• Drives to and from Rockville General Campus and /or the Manchester Hospital to pick-up tote bins of soiled equipment.
• Lables the tote bins and records/inventories the items and their destination using a computer keypad tracking device.
• Delivers soiled items to the Vernon Sterilization Unit for sterile processing.
• Communicates on an ongoing basis with Hospital Sterile Processing Department Technicians and their Supervisor as well as Operating Room Technicians to determine if a special pick-up of soiled equipment or delivery of sterile equipment is needed.
• Verifies sterile items on the cart with the corresponding inventory tracking/load sheet to ensure that all equipment is returned to the proper location.
• Loads the sterile items into the Van, documents the inventory/tracking record and returns the items to the appropriate Hospital.
• Loads sterile items into tote bins inspecting the items while loading; looks for packaging that may have come undone or items that may be wet.
• Determines which items may require re-sterilization and/or repackaging. Properly closes, secures and affixes stickers to each tote bin, while updating the inventory tracking system.
• Maintains the cleanliness of the delivery van including scheduling service work on the vehicle when needed.
• Collaborates with the leasing company to coordinate vehicle service/maintenance drop off.
• Picks up soiled equipment directly from patient care areas after Hospital Sterile Processing Unit hours.
• Follows Safety Policy and Procedures, wears protective gloves and clothing during these pickups to avoid illness caused from contact with contaminated equipment containing bodily fluids and blood borne pathogens.
• Receives a copy of each Hospital’s Operating Room schedule. Referring to the schedule, determines when pickup of soiled equipment and when to drop off sterile equipment to meet the Hospital’s operating needs.

Qualifications

• A general knowledge of safe handling practice when picking up, transporting and physically handling bio-hazardous equipment is required.
• The position requires the employee drive and sit for a significant portion of the work day, and do a significant amount of lifting and carrying of tote bins weighing up to 50 pounds.
• A flexible mannerism is desirable because the location to which they will drive to next can change rapidly due to the sterile equipment needs of each hospital which is predicated by their patient and surgical flow.
• Reading, writing and speaking English is necessary in order to understand urgent verbal re-route instructions and to communicate with members of Sterile Processing and other units within each Hospital.
• This position requires that the Driver take into consideration the volume of equipment used and the quantity of equipment available to each Hospital when determining their daily driving schedule.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license, and maintain a driving record free of any violations and pass a safe driving educational program upon hire and annually thereafter.