Instrument Specialist Weekends - Atrium Health University City

About the role

Department 37719 Atrium Health University City - Sterile Processing Services
Status: Full time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Hours Per Week: 36
Schedule Details/Additional Information: primarily weekends with shift during week
Pay Range: $22.90 - $34.35

Essential Functions

• Adheres to safety standards.
• Transports and handles soiled and sterile items with appropriate traffic flow.
• Identifies, responds & reports malfunctions and/or alarms.
• Performs efficacy and quality testing for all processes and equipment.
• Operates and trouble shoots equipment with safety standards.
• Identifies manual and/or mechanical cleaning according to the manufacturer's IFU for all general, laparoscopic, robotic, orthopedic, neuro, plastics, dental, cardiovascular, ophthalmologic, power, implant, loaner instrumentation.
• Processes flexible scopes using High Level Disinfection (HLD).
• Determines, prepares, and uses supplies required in the assembly process.
• Inspects, assembles for all general, laparoscopic, robotic, orthopedic, neuro, plastics, dental, cardiovascular, ophthalmologic, power, implant, loaner instrumentation, checking for cleanliness & functionality utilizing count sheets.
• Packages and labels instrumentation following standards.
• Knowledge of weight limits on sets and equipment within department.
• Knowledge of handling vendor owned items (loaner, consignment).
• Determines sterilization equipment functionality, operation, monitoring, and maintenance with verification and documentation of sterilization process.
• Performs high temperature (steam) and low temperature (gas plasma, ethylene oxide, chemical) sterilization.

Physical Requirements

• 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 to 40 lbs.

Education, Experience And Certifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 5 years experience and demonstrated proficiency in at least 6 service line specialties required.
• Certified Sterile Processing Technician (CSPDT) / Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required.
• Certified Surgical Instrument Specialist (CSIS) / Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS) preferred.
• Membership in a professional central / sterile processing organization preferred.

About Advocate Health

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 services 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.