Central Sterile Technician, 40 hours/week

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Winchester, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top 10 Massachusetts recognized 223-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area. Contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, to heal, and to excel in service to our community by ensuring that all supplies and equipment needed for patient care is clean and sterile for use. This clinical-support staff position will have an impact on reducing patient harm by reducing the chance of infection and on physician satisfaction by providing the appropriate and accurate equipment and supplies based on physician preferences and requests, to streamline surgical procedures.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent

Nice To Haves

Graduate of a Sterilization Technician program
Sterilization Technician experience or related clinical experience
Medical supplies inventory experience / Case Cart experience
Assembly line / Manufacturing experience
Certification as a Registered Central Service Technician (C.R.C.S.T.)

Responsibilities

Scans equipment and instruments at each step in the sterilization/packaging process to accurately track equipment throughout the sterilization process and to identify equipment and instruments throughout the hospital organization.
Decontaminates equipment and instruments.
Round hospital units to collect used instrumentation and equipment.
Assembles equipment/instrument sets for use in surgical procedures and providing bed-side patient care
Sterilizes instruments and sets utilizing various automated methods including steam, ethylene oxide, and other gas methods.
Coordinates case chart assembly based on the surgical services schedule.
Performs quality assurance, maintains accurate inventory, documents inventory, equipment maintenance.