Sterile Processing Technician

About the role

This position is a HSPA certified technician, responsible for ensuring that all basic surgical supplies, instruments and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed and tracked in a quality / timely manner throughout the hospital for basic procedures and 2+ surgical specialties (i.e. GYN, Urology, ENT).

Responsibilities

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect basic surgical instruments.
• Identify, Assemble, protect, wrap, contain, peel pack, label and sterilize/high level disinfect basic surgical instruments.
• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures.
• Clean, and correctly use CP equipment.
• Perform, read, validate and record all biological and chemical sterilization tests and parameters before making equipment available for use.
• Issue sterile supplies to areas of the hospital or regional campuses.
• Issue and receive durable, moveable clinical equipment.
• Perform basic inventory duties as required.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and written with providers, caregivers, and vendors.

Requirements

• Must attain Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) within one year of hire date.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment.
• Work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.
• Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• Experience with Sterile Processing Department software.
• CER or CIS certification through HSPA (Level 3) preferred.

Skills

• Communicate effectively both verbally and written.
• Customer Service.
• Vendor Relationships.
• Sterilization Techniques.
• Equipment Operations.
• Surgical Instrumentation (Level 2-3).
• Sterile Processing (Level 2-3).

Benefits

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Department: Sterile Processing

Posting specifics

• Level 1 Pay Range: 19.50 - 26.48 USD Hourly
• Level 2 Pay Range: 20.07 - 28.59 USD Hourly
• Level 3 Pay Range: 20.88 - 31.09 USD Hourly
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Minimum Qualifications (Level 1): Must attain Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) within one year of hire date.
• Minimum Qualifications (Level 2-3): Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) required.
• Preferred Qualifications: High School Diploma, Experience with Sterile Processing Department software, CER or CIS certification through HSPA (Level 3).
• Physical Requirements: Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.