Central Sterile Technician

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is seeking a Central Sterile Technician to process operating room instruments and sterilize and decontaminate instruments and supplies. The role involves cleaning, inspecting, assembling, preparing, and sterilizing reusable instruments and equipment, including scopes and specialty items, while maintaining sterile-item integrity and following applicable guidelines. The technician helps ensure efficient workflow through all processing phases and may assume departmental responsibility on weekends or when supervisory personnel are absent.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certification from CBSPD or HSPA, including one of the following: Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST), Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER), or Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER). Provisional certification is acceptable; 400 hours of hands-on training must be completed before the provisional certification expires.
• Required license: Certified Central Service Tech.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• CPD and/or operating room background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for the department on weekends or when supervisory personnel are absent.
• Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities to solve departmental problems and report problems to the Supervisor.
• Use the Impress Instrument Tracking System.
• Apply event-related shelf-life principles and inspect and store items without compromising their sterile integrity.
• Prepare and bag instruments for shipment.
• Identify instrumentation and use computer pick sheets to identify surgical case carts, labor and delivery items, and emergency trays or sets.
• Complete trays and sets left from the previous shift and return them to users in a timely manner.
• Test instruments for proper function and report defective or damaged instruments to the Supervisor.
• Manually wash and disinfect heat- and moisture-sensitive and specialty items.
• Prepare scopes for sterilization.
• Operate equipment including a steam gun, sonic machine, washer/decontaminator, STERRAD sterilizers, and steam sterilizers; clean sterilizers when needed.
• Perform sterilizer monitoring with chemical and biological indicators and monitor the efficacy of the daily sterilizer cycle.
• Prepare instruments for STERRAD and steam sterilization.
• Handle high-level disinfectants safely.
• Clean and decontaminate reusable items from patient areas according to appropriate guidelines.
• Disassemble and assemble components of specialty instruments for cleaning and sterilization.
• Maintain smooth workflow from the return of soiled instrument carts through all processing phases.
• Determine work activities and priorities at each work area and delegate assignments to staff accordingly.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Employee wellness program addressing physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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