CENTRAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN II

Los Angeles County (CA)•Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing. For additional information regarding DHS, please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov. MISSION To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care DEFINITION: Performs the full range of sterilizing, processing, packaging, and distribution duties in a central service unit or in ancillary hospital units.

Requirements

OPTION I: One year's experience as a Central Services Technician I.
OPTION II: One year's experience cleaning, assembling, packaging and sterilizing medical surgical and nursing supplies, instruments and equipment.
Completion of a central services technician course in an accredited vocational school or community college may be substituted for six months of the required experience.
PHYSICAL CLASS III- Moderate: Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
In the County of Los Angeles, a Central Services Technician I performs a limited range of sterilizing, processing, packaging, and distribution duties in a central services unit or in ancillary hospital units.
To qualify, applicants must provide legible copies of their official transcripts for completion of a central services technician course from an accredited vocational school or community college at the time of filing, or within fifteen (15) calendar days from the application filing date.

Nice To Haves

Additional qualifying experience beyond the Minimum Requirements.
Certification as a Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST).

Responsibilities

Assembles utensil sets, single package instruments, sterile containers, and trays for sterilization.
Operates steam and gas sterilizers, autoclaves and other sterilization, cleaning, and reprocessing equipment.
Fills emergency requests and suggests possible substitute items to medical and nursing staff in the event the requested item is not in stock.
Loads and unloads supply carts and delivers sterile processed supplies to service areas, and collects and delivers used supplies back to processing area.
Disassembles, decontaminates, cleans, and reassembles medical, surgical and patient care supplies, including surgical instruments, according to established procedures.
Orient and train new staff in the performance of any or all central service procedures, as needed.

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