Central Supply Technician II

White Plains Hospital • White Plains, NY

137d • $56,550 - $71,323

About The Position

The Central Service Technician II is certified as either Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Central Supply Processing Department Technician (CSPDT) and is responsible for ensuring that all surgical supplies, instruments and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked in a quality/timely manner through the hospital. Works independently with little supervision, qualified to train others and serves as a resource to Central Processing customers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must be certified as a Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Central Supply Processing Department Technician (CSPDT).
• Previous Central Supply or Operating Room instrument processing experience preferred.
• Familiarity with medical technology preferred.
• Must have worked for a cumulative total of one year in the four years of January 2011 to January 2015 for grandfathering.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a hospital environment.
• Knowledge of infection control practices.

Responsibilities

• Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors.
• Demonstrates and articulates an understanding of the responsibilities of the position.
• Verbalizes and applies knowledge of current department and hospital policies and procedures.
• Attends staff meetings or equivalent to update knowledge related to current department/hospital issues.
• Completes annual department/hospital competency requirements and documents appropriately on Competency/Education record.
• Adheres to all WPH policies and procedures including dress code, code of conduct, customer service, attendance and submission of annual physical.
• Identifies and uses appropriate methods and solutions to sort, disassemble, decontaminate, rinse, and disinfect instruments and clinical equipment.
• Operates and troubleshoots cleaning equipment.
• Maintains safety standards.
• Responsible for decontamination, cleaning, processing and sterilization of supplies, instruments and equipment.
• Maintains proper functioning of sterilizers, ultrasonic cleaner and instrument decontamination washers and performs inspection of same.
• Consistently uses recipes to correctly assemble, protect, wrap, containerize and/or peel package and label instruments.
• Identifies and inspects instruments for cleanliness and functionality.
• Properly handles and stores sterile supplies, equipment and instruments.
• Selects appropriate sterilization methods and follows correct principles of sterilization.
• Properly documents and verifies sterilization loads and biological tests to determine the efficacy of the sterilization process.
• Retrieves, disburses and tracks medical and surgical supplies and equipment to the customer in a quality/timely manner.
• Knows, uses, maintains and operates the equipment specific to CP, i.e. steam, Sterrad, OER-Pro, sterilizers; cart washers; washer/disinfectors, ultrasonic cleaners and heat sealers as well as a variety of testing devices.
• Knows and uses the processes involved in ordering, receiving, stocking, rotating delivering and monitoring usage of surgical supplies.
• Communicates supply issues to appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
• Maintains a clean orderly work area and completes assigned housekeeping duties.
• Serves as a resource to customers on all Central Processing functions.
• Performs other related job duties as required.
• Tracks progress and compliance in regards to training, staff meetings and in-service education.
• Distributes medical supplies and restocks the supplies by rotating the stock.
• Transports patients to and from the Operating Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit.
• Cleans and maintains work area including shelves in an orderly fashion.
• Applies knowledge of current methods of infection control.
• Completes 10 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) annually and submits supporting documentation to Manager and Human Resources as required by NYS Law.

Benefits

• Full Time position with evening shifts.
• Salary Range: $56,550-$71,323.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED