Central Services Technician II

County of Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

LA Health Services is seeking a dedicated Central Services Technician to join their team. This role offers an opportunity to grow your career while serving diverse communities across LA County. The Central Services Technician performs the full range of sterilizing, processing, packaging, and distribution duties in a central service unit or in ancillary hospital units.

Requirements

One (1) year experience as a Central Services Technician I.
One (1) year of experience cleaning, assembling, packaging, and sterilizing medical, surgical, and nursing supplies, instruments, and equipment.
Applicants with only six (6) months of experience may qualify if they have completed a Central Services Technician course in an accredited vocational school or community college.

Nice To Haves

Additional experience beyond the requirements cleaning, assembling, packaging, and sterilizing medical, surgical, and nursing supplies, instruments, and equipment.
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 substitute items to medical and nursing staff if the requested item is out of stock.
Loads and unloads supply carts and delivers sterile-processed supplies to service areas; collects and delivers used supplies back to the processing area.
Disassembles, decontaminates, cleans, and reassembles medical, surgical, and patient care supplies, including surgical instruments, according to established procedures.
Orients and trains new staff in the performance of any or all central service procedures, as needed.