General Duty Sterile Processing Technician

Mosaic Life Care•Saint Joseph, MO

About The Position

Works under the supervision of the Manager–OR and/or Director – OR\SPD. This position is responsible for ensuring that surgical supplies, instruments, and equipment are properly inventoried, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked throughout the hospital and clinics in a quality and timely manner. Works independently with little supervision. Performs appropriate quality-control testing and record keeping as recommended. The technician operates and troubleshoots cleaning equipment while maintaining safety standards; handles and stores sterile supplies, equipment, and instruments; selects appropriate sterilization methods; and follows correct sterilization principles. The position also involves documenting and verifying sterilization loads and biological tests, retrieving, disbursing, and tracking medical and surgical supplies and equipment, cleaning biomedical equipment for patient use, anticipating instrument needs for cases based on surgeon and procedure preference cards, and maintaining workflow. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Great attention to detail.
Maintain continuing education requirements as needed per department requirements.
Must be able to travel between various system facilities and off-site locations as needed.

Responsibilities

Operate and troubleshoot cleaning equipment while maintaining safety standards.
Properly handle and store sterile supplies, equipment, and instruments.
Select appropriate sterilization methods and follow correct principles of sterilization.
Document and verify sterilization loads and biological tests to determine sterilization efficacy.
Retrieve, disburse, and track medical and surgical supplies and equipment for customers in a quality and timely manner.
Clean biomedical equipment for patient use.
Anticipate instrument needs for cases using surgeon and procedure preference cards.
Maintain workflow by putting away sterile items, retrieving items from the return cart, and wrapping items for sterilization.
Monitor the cart wash and instrument wash to keep workflow moving.
Answer the phone and door and pull case carts as needed.
Perform appropriate quality-control testing and record keeping.
Travel between system facilities and off-site locations as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.