Reprocessing Technician - Sterile Processing

Sterile Reprocessing

Since 1887, Crouse Health has been a leading healthcare provider in Central New York, combining a family-friendly culture with a passion to provide the best care.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assembles, wraps, initials and dates all specialty trays and instruments in preparation for sterilization in a timely manner.
• Collaborates with the Sterile Processing Technicians to ensure that instruments/ trays are prepared and ready for cases in a timely manner.
• Coplanates and plans with the designated surgical areas, the instruments/supplies and equipment needed to perform cases across various departments.
• Efficiently retrieves used items from clinical areas according to schedule and process sterile trays, routes items to decontamination area for proper cleaning.
• Executes various procedures necessary to ensure proper function of the sterilizers (e.g., biological tests, Bowie Dick tests) and utilizes other sterilization monitors, as required.
• Properly operates and monitors all sterilizers/ decontamination equipment, observing all parameters throughout each cycle, and proactively reports any abnormalities to department leadership.
• Consistently follows existing decontamination procedures and uses a combination of manual and mechanical cleaning.
• Efficiently and accurately completes all instrument sets, checks all instruments for cracks, soil, rust or malfunction and replaces, as needed.
• Proactively assembles and packages items to replenish sterile stock in the distribution area and restocks the emergency sterile trays stored in the Surgical Suite/Surgery Centers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Graduate of Sterile Processing Technician program or two (2) to three (3) years recent work experience in sterile processing.
• Certification as Sterile Processing/Distribution Technician or Instrument Processing Technician is required. If hired prior to receiving certification, employee must obtain within the first year of employment.
• Certification with the certifying agency must be maintained throughout their employment at Crouse Hospital, re-certifying as required and in accordance with the certifying agency guidelines.

Pay

Pay Range: $20.40 - $29.22 (non-certified) $20.91 - $31.25 (certified)

Schedule

Part-Time, 3:00pm–11:30pm with rotating weekends and holidays

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, and 401K.
• Company paid life insurance.
• Tuition Assistance and Workforce Development Opportunities.
• Crouse Health Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discounts on any Inpatient or Outpatient service, hospital cafeteria and pharmacy, and certain retailers.
• YMCA Subsidy program.