Instrument Tech
About The Position
The Instrument Technician is responsible for inspecting, maintaining, and repairing surgical instruments to ensure their precision, functionality, and readiness for safe patient procedures. The role includes identifying damage or wear, making delicate repairs and adjustments, troubleshooting malfunctions, and documenting repair activities. The technician helps ensure instruments meet performance standards, works with sterile processing and surgical teams, and supports patient safety and operational efficiency. The position also involves assessing age-specific instrumentation needs, reporting safety or risk-management issues, maintaining inventory levels, ordering inventory and non-inventory items, tracking instruments loaned to other departments or facilities, and locating and storing instruments and supplies. The technician assembles instrument sets; cares for scopes and air- and electric-powered instruments; and reports non-functioning equipment to the immediate supervisor. The technician follows current sterility and infection-control practices and manufacturer recommendations accessed through OneSOURCE, contributes to the OneSOURCE Favorites List, and uses aseptic technique throughout cleaning, packing, sterilizing, storing, handling, and environmental maintenance. Duties include operating and maintaining ultrasonic cleaners, steam autoclaves, washer-disinfectors, and heat sealers; selecting appropriate cycles and settings; loading items correctly; and checking indicators. The technician also cleans, assembles, packages, sterilizes, and stores instruments, basins, trays, and miscellaneous items.
Requirements
- Certified in Sterile Processing and Distribution Tech (CSPDT).
Nice To Haves
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - CPR.
- A minimum of three years in a Central Service or surgical instrument processing area.
Responsibilities
- Inspect surgical instruments for damage or wear and perform repairs, adjustments, and troubleshooting.
- Maintain accurate records of repair activities and report non-functioning equipment and instruments to the immediate supervisor.
- Assess and interpret age-specific data as it relates to instrumentation.
- Identify and immediately report safety or risk-management issues.
- Establish and maintain optimum inventory levels and order inventory and non-inventory items as required.
- Track instruments loaned to other departments or facilities, and locate and store instruments and supplies.
- Assemble instrument sets and care for scopes and air- and electric-powered instruments, including oiling and air testing.
- Follow current sterility and infection-control practices and verify manufacturer cleaning and sterilization recommendations through OneSOURCE.
- Contribute to maintaining the OneSOURCE Favorites List.
- Use aseptic technique during cleaning, packing, sterilizing, storing, handling, and maintenance of the environment.
- Follow policies and procedures for ultrasonic cleaners, steam autoclaves, washer-disinfectors, and heat sealers.
- Operate autoclaves, ultrasonic washers, and washer-disinfectors; load items appropriately, select settings and cycles, and check indicators.
- Clean, assemble, package, sterilize, and store instruments, basins, trays, and miscellaneous items.
- Wash, rinse, dry, and pack materials for sterilization and clean autoclaves.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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