Certified Sterile Processing Technician - Float Pool East

Atlas Healthcare Partners • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

Come join our Float Pool team at Atlas Healthcare Partners where culture is the foundation. At Atlas Healthcare Partners, you will join a supportive team who is always willing to lend a hand. You will enjoy working alongside leaders who truly listen to your feedback, value your ideas, and actively participate in making your work experience rewarding. This is a PRN position that requires travel between multiple facilities within the Phoenix area. We operate our outpatient surgery centers Monday through Friday with no weekends and no call. We ask for a minimum commitment of 4 shifts a month so that your schedule remains flexible. We utilize easy scheduling software along with our personal staffing office for your ease of scheduling shifts you want to work.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED and BLS certification required.
• Requires current national certification as a SPD Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician or Surgical Instrument Processor.
• Relevant experience with sterilizing instruments which qualifies the candidate for the national certification exam or certified registration.
• Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble.
• Effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates, assembles and packages all instruments following established protocols.
• Performs necessary repairs, reassembles and stores specialized surgical instruments.
• Prepares all order requests for replacement parts for instruments and additional equipment as necessary.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices.
• Identifies instruments for all specialties and assures proper function.
• Follows protocol for repair or replacement of instruments that are not functioning properly.
• Assembles and packages all instrumentation and sets according to department protocol.
• Operates steam autoclaves, ETO and Gas Plasma sterilizers.
• Maintains appropriate logs and records relating to the sterilization process.
• Responds to problem calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigation.
• Determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests and other hospital needs.
• Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.
• Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees