Sterilization Tech I, Marshall Medical Centers South, Surgery, Full time, 1st shift w/ call

About the role

Lake Guntersville, a mountain-lakes jewel, is located approximately 30 miles from metro Huntsville – and is home to Marshall Medical Centers. Marshall Medical Centers, an affiliate of the Huntsville Hospital Health System, serves the residents of Marshall County and the surrounding area (population approximately 125,000).

Responsibilities

• Maintains good attendance record.
• Arrives to work punctually.
• Follows dress code.
• Observes confidentiality.
• Adheres to safety policies.
• Participates in continuing education.
• Follows department of nursing and hospital policy and procedures.
• Complies with surgery department policy and procedures.
• Complies with staffing assignments.
• Demonstrates flexibility and openness to change.
• Maintains OR supplies and works with clinical buyer to oversee for outdates and needed supplies for cases.
• Helps establish PAR levels and organization of supplies.
• Works with surgical techs, director and buyer to ensure proper supplies available for cases.
• Anticipates product needs by monitoring OR schedule and coordinating with the charge nurse and director.
• Pulls cases prior to day of surgery with instruments needed to assist with turnover of rooms.
• Assist with improvement of turnover of rooms.
• Utilize devise to be available to pull needed supply for surgical room during a surgery when necessary.
• Utilizes pick sheet to ensure proper supplies pulled to open, assist with changes and updates for preference cards.
• Works in sterile processing as needed to assist with sterilization of instruments.
• Call responsibility for sterile processing.
• Keep instrument room organized and rotate.
• Understands and demonstrates all sterile processing competencies: Washers, sterilizers, biologicals, indicators, storage, tracing of instruments, monthly records, completeness of trays.
• Understands and demonstrates sterile supply maintenance- rotation of supplies, ensuring proper handling of supplies.
• Understands process in preference cards to pull instruments and supplies.
• Demonstrates proper PPE.
• Call responsibilities for sterile processing.
• Maintains unit.
• Maintains equipment and supplies.
• Communicates patient information.
• Documents information.
• Charges for equipment and supplies.
• Uses computer system efficiently.
• Interpersonal skills:
• Communicates effectively.
• Maintains flexibility and adaptability.
• Supports unit teams.
• Resolves problems.
• Consistently meets the hospital’s Journey to Service Excellence standards.
• Supports Customer Service.
• Collaborates with appropriate charge nurse regarding precepting of orientee and documents progress or concerns.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Graduate. Advanced training prefered.
• Licensure/Certification: Must have current BCLS certification.

Benefits

Residents can remain close to home and receive excellent care – often provided by those who are neighbors and friends.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

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