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

Departmental Duties

• 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.

Departmental Duties - Sterile Processing

• Understands and demonstrates all sterile processing competencies.
• Washes, sterilizes, maintains biologicals, indicators, and ensures proper handling of supplies.
• Rotates supplies and ensures completeness of trays.
• Utilizes preference cards to pull instruments and supplies.
• Demonstrates proper PPE.
• Carries out call responsibilities for sterile processing.

Clinical Duties

• Understands and demonstrates sterile supply maintenance.
• Ensures proper handling of supplies.
• Utilizes preference cards to pull instruments and supplies.
• Demonstrates proper PPE.
• Carries out call responsibilities for sterile processing.

Information Processing and Documentation

• 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.