CENTRAL STERILE TECH-I/AMC/FT

Premier Health • Middletown, OH

89d

About The Position

The Instrument Tech is responsible for the decontamination, inspection, maintenance, assembly, packaging, sterilization and distribution of surgical instrumentation, equipment, and supplies to nursing departments. The Instrument Tech must show knowledge of operation, and proper handling, of all complex equipment within the department. The Instrument Tech must show knowledge of general instrumentation and be able to receive instruction, and proficiently utilize information under a high level of pressure to perform and appropriately prioritize daily tasks. The Instrument Tech must possess basic computer skills. The Instrument Tech must maintain a professional image and behavior toward patients, visitors, physicians and other employees to create a positive impression consistent with professional etiquette. The Instrument Tech will adhere to the Premier Health Core Values and the Standards of Behavior.

Requirements

• High School completion / GED
• Knowledge of the hospital setting, infection control and medical terminology is highly desired.
• Computer skills and experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Assembles surgical instrument trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
• Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills.
• Decontaminates, high-level disinfects, records, and delivers TEE Probes to appropriate departmental storage area.
• Performs case cart building in SPM and builds case carts for all projected surgical procedures.
• Performs instrument set assembly using hardened caskets, wrapping methods, and peel packs.
• Performs daily function & qualification testing on all sterilizers, tunnel washers, cart washers and ultrasonic cleaners.
• Performs AMC Specific DME responsibilities: Performs emergency cart builds (crash cart, pediatric cart, ENT Cart), general equipment delivery, and basic equipment cleaning.
• Performs monthly outdate checks on disposable medical supplies and sterilized instrumentation.
• Ability to check in, verify, and process vendor instrumentation per manufacturer’s instructions.
• Ability to enter quality events into the SPM database.
• Is skilled in the decontamination, cleaning, assembly, and sterilization of semi-complex equipment and instrumentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees