Sterile Processing Technician 1

About the Role

Receives, cleans, decontaminates, and sterilizes reusable patient care equipment, instrumentation, and supplies. Disassembles, inspects, inventories, and assembles both surgical and house instrumentation as well as procedural trays. Maintains adequate inventory levels for surgical and house instrumentation and supplies. Assembles surgical case carts as required. Records and maintains required sterilization records under the supervision of a CRCST or RCST.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, decontaminates, assembles, and sterilizes all reusable patient care equipment in accordance with departmental policy and procedure, Infection Control standards, and regulations.
• Operates all sterilization and decontamination equipment safely and efficiently in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Inspects, assembles, and sterilizes all surgical and house instrumentation following departmental policy and procedure.
• Restocks case carts accurately with supplies, instrumentation, and equipment as indicated by pick lists generated from the daily surgical schedule.
• Restocks accurately with unexpired products for Surgical Services, including Outpatient Services, Labor & Delivery supply carts, specialty carts, and top track.
• Stages and delivers case carts, stocking carts, and equipment via clean cart lift and clean OR service elevator.
• Inventories and maintains adequate levels of all instrumentation and sterile supplies utilized.
• Reports and records missing and/or damaged instrumentation/equipment according to set policy and procedure.
• Serves as the initial contact for all departmental inquiries from customers; answers, records, and responds to all requests via phone and/or in person courteously and professionally.
• Receives and returns unexpired items to inventory in accordance with set policy and procedure.
• Maintains work areas in a clean, neat, and orderly fashion on a daily basis; cleans work area prior to the end of shift in preparation for the oncoming shift.
• Attends regularly scheduled in-services and participates in cross-training for new surgical instrumentation and equipment.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Must become registered within twelve (12) months initially from the date the Sterile Processing Tech receives their course materials to become certified.
• If transferring between Sterile Processing and Endoscopy before certification, employees must be certified within the twelve (12) months of the date they initially received their course materials.

Physical Requirements

• Physically capable of prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Capable of lifting up to 60 pounds and pushing loaded carts weighing in excess of 200 pounds.
• Possess visual/oral acuity along with manual dexterity and technical ability.
• Able to discern and distinguish colors.
• Complete vision screening test for near and far vision; must screen 20/40 or better or will be referred to the Eye Center.

Working Environment

• Able to work in a high-stress environment.

Skills and Abilities

• Understand and practice excellent personal hygiene.
• Able to operate computer programs with training.
• Demonstrate English verbal and written proficiencies to utilize written high-level disinfection/sterilization guidelines.

Schedule

Rotating weekends and holidays. Shift is 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Scheduled weekly hours: 40.