Sterile Processing Tech

Call Requirements

• 6 days/month
• 1 weekend/month

Required Certificates

• CBSPD
• CRCST/HSPA
• etc cert req. Certified for min of 1 year.

Preferred Certificates

• CER (HSPA)
• CIS (HSPA)
• CSIS (CBSPD)

Equipment

• Arthrex
• Steris
• Olympus
• etc

Job Duties

• Preparing and delivering clean and sterilized instruments and equipment necessary for medical examinations, surgeries, medical carts and clinical procedures
• Stealing, wrapping, organizing and preparing medical equipment and surgical instruments into instrument trays for use during clinical procedures
• Laying out surgical gloves and gowns before each medical procedure
• Collecting and manually cleaning used and contaminated medical equipment, supplies and instruments for sorting and decontamination
• Preparing and packing decontaminated medical tools and supplies for sterilization
• Operating and monitoring sterilization equipment
• Examining supplies meticulously to ensure their cleanliness
• Checking and reporting any problems or issues with the sterilization equipment to surgeons or supervisors and requesting replacements
• Maintaining records of sterilization procedures, equipment maintenance, sterilized items and supplies
• Reordering medical and surgical supplies, controlling the inventory and checking expiration dates of products
• Removing medical waste and disposing of them appropriately

Experience

• Decontamination experience - Manual, Mechanical, HLD
• Experience using facilities equipment
• Assembly experience - Competent in care and handling of facilities medical devices, equipment, and instruments
• General instrumentation, Laparoscopic instruments, Flexible endoscope experience
• Sterilization experience - Steam & Low Temperature Sterilization
• Experience with facility specific equipment
• Dental tray assembly experience