Instrument Tech

CommonSpirit Health • Glendale, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1926, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit, community hospital located in Glendale, California. The hospital offers a full complement of services, including its award winning heart center, the colorectal surgery institute, a gastrointestinal program, and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. As an Instrument Tech, you will ensure the availability, cleanliness, and functionality of surgical instruments and equipment. Every day you will meticulously clean, sterilize, assemble, and inspect surgical instruments and trays, operate sterilization equipment, and maintain accurate records. To be successful, you will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, a comprehensive understanding of sterilization principles, and efficiency in a fast-paced environment, ensuring all instruments are sterile and ready.

Requirements

• High School GED General Studies required.
• Minimum one year of experience in the Sterile Processing Department in an Acute Care facility, required.

Nice To Haves

• Certified and Registered Central Service Technician, upon hire

Responsibilities

• Ensure the availability, cleanliness, and functionality of surgical instruments and equipment.
• Meticulously clean, sterilize, assemble, and inspect surgical instruments and trays.
• Operate sterilization equipment.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Demonstrates adherence to the Standards of Conduct Requirements.
• Completes and turns in the SOC acknowledgement card.
• Fulfills compliance education requirements as directed by the compliance department or department management.
• Performs instrument room activities, relating to the decontamination, organization, and assembly of instrument sets after surgical procedures.
• Maintains adequate levels of supplies for repackaging of instruments, instrument decontamination, Steris units, and autoclave testing.
• Adds instrumentation to case carts for scheduled add-on cases.
• Maintains communication with scrub and circulating personnel regarding instrumentation.
• Demonstrates ability to adapt to changes in the workload as required.
• Recognizes personal strengths and weaknesses; handles frustrations appropriately.
• Provides for patient safety according to TJC standards.
• Properly identifies the patient per policy.
• Complies with current CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines.
• Writes legibly.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees