Central Services Technician

Trinity Health

1d • $22 - $37

About The Position

The Central Services Technician is responsible for decontaminating, cleaning, processing, and sterilizing supplies and equipment dispensed by the department, following infection control practices. The technician dispenses requested products in response to verbal, written, or telephone requisitions and identifies and prioritizes emergency requisitions. The role may occasionally take charge of Central Service, Linen, and Equipment Control.

The position may work evenings or a rotating shift, including a rotation of weekends and holidays. The work can involve confined areas, repetitive and detailed tasks, deadlines, interruptions to handle priority work, detergents, and routine or potential exposure to blood and other body fluids. Physical duties include standing or walking for most of the shift and lifting, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling equipment and carts.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Manual dexterity and conscientiousness in following procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Must meet the credentialing requirement by holding and maintaining a nationally accredited central service technician credential: Certified Registered Central Service Technician, Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician, or a substantially equivalent credential.
• Must have passed a nationally accredited central service technician examination.
• A technician who does not meet the credential requirements at hire must obtain the Certified Registered Central Service Technician or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician credential within 18 months of hire.
• Ability to work in a confined area at times and meet deadlines, accept pressure assignments, and interrupt work to handle priority tasks.
• Ability to perform medium work, including lifting, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling; frequent lifting and handling or pushing equipment and carts; and standing or walking for most of the shift.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of a Certified Central Service Technician course is helpful.
• Evidence of employment or contracted central service technician work in a healthcare facility for a cumulative period of one year within the four years immediately prior to January 1, 2015, is listed as an alternative credentialing provision.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate, clean, process, and sterilize supplies and equipment in accordance with infection control practices.
• Dispense products requested through verbal, written, or telephone requisitions.
• Identify and assign priority to emergency requisitions.
• Occasionally take charge of Central Service, Linen, and Equipment Control.
• Participate in orientation and continuing education, and maintain knowledge and skills related to areas of expertise.
• Complete annual population-specific competency requirements for populations served, as identified in the scope of care and services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED