Surgical Reprocessing Technician / Afternoon Shift / Contingent / 3:00pm - 11:30pm

Department: Sterile Processing
Schedule: PRN/Contingent, Afternoon Shift, 3:00 PM – 11:30 PM, includes weekends
Location: Clinton Township, MI

About the role

Under general supervision of the Coordinator/Manager/Director, cleans, inspects, assembles, packages, disinfects/sterilizes all surgical products used to support physicians and surgical team in inpatient, outpatient departments, Operating Room, Emergency Room, Delivery Room, and satellites. Documents and monitors all sterilization processes in assigned areas including but not limited to: steam, ETOH, Sterrad, and high-level disinfectants. Ensures all monitoring methods are compliant with standards. Supplies the needs of various departments by properly meeting and anticipating instrumentation needs for pending cases and assembling procedure-specific case carts. Receives, unpacks, shelves supplies, and maintains appropriate par levels with rotation sterile supply management principles. Works with surgical specialty teams to ensure supplies for each patient are available when needed. Proactively coordinates preparation of case carts according to the surgeon's preference card for supplies, equipment, instruments, and implants needed for each patient.

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Completion of medical terminology course preferred
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with patients and hospital personnel
• Computer skills
• Completion of the 120-day orientation:
  • Successfully completes department and hospital orientation process
  • Competence maintained during evaluation year to include department standards, objectives, in-service, and continuing education
• Central Service Certification
• BCLS preferred