Sterile Processing Tech 1

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) operates at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. VUMC is a community where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and abilities are challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and uniqueness is celebrated.

About the Role

Provides a continuous flow of sterile/reusable supplies, equipment, and surgical instrumentation through centralized collection, disinfection, inspection, assembly, preparation, sterilization, and monitoring for hospital areas. Performs these services in accordance with regulatory guidelines and designated policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean, and orderly work environment.
• Receives, cleans, and decontaminates supplies and equipment following departmental policies.
• Performs, documents, and monitors all quality control tools.
• Receives and inventories departmental supplies, instrumentation, and equipment.
• Prepares instrumentation and equipment for sterilization according to recommended procedures and techniques.
• Operates all departmental equipment safely and effectively.
• Scans instrumentation and assembles it according to prescribed procedures and techniques.

Additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Environmental Sterility & Safety (Novice): Demonstrates fundamental proficiency in practical applications of moderate difficulty, generally under the direction of others.
• Equipment Maintenance (Novice): Maintains equipment, products, or systems, ensuring sufficient parts inventory.
• Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Novice): Understands specific equipment, its performance criteria, capabilities, and limitations. Uses equipment for basic tasks and may conduct remedial or preventive maintenance.
• Inventory Control (Novice): Demonstrates fundamental proficiency in inventory control for practical applications of moderate difficulty.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs clearly defined tasks with regular guidance, impacting own performance.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Follows established processes to solve routine problems with clearly prescribed solutions.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Possesses basic job knowledge of systems and procedures common to the role.
• Team Interaction: Individually contributes to the team.

Core Capabilities

• Delivering Excellent Services:
  • Serves others with compassion by understanding their needs.
  • Solves routine problems and raises concerns in a timely manner.
  • Listens carefully and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality:
  • Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet standards.
  • Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, and tools.
  • Demonstrates basic knowledge of safety conditions and reports unsafe situations.
• Managing Resources Effectively:
  • Takes responsibility for assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches.
  • Understands how personal actions impact departmental resources.
  • Uses accurate information for decision-making to achieve timely, error-free results.
• Fostering Innovation:
  • Proposes or accepts ideas that impact day-to-day operations.
  • Quickly absorbs new technology and understands appropriate tool usage.
  • Embraces change and incorporates instructions into work.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience.

Benefits

This role offers a comprehensive benefits package, which may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings to enhance well-being and professional growth.

Shift: 2:30 PM – 11:00 PM