About the position
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
Responsibilities
- Ensures the accurate assembly of instrument trays and/or equipment independently.
- Utilization of the instrument tracking system and maintaining adequate sterilization of instrumentation and/or equipment by preparation of requested instrumentation and/or equipment for surgical and clinical procedures.
- Assists with ensuring staff are following guidelines and assignments of tasks are completed timely and accurately.
- Assists with orientation and everyday workflow of assignments of new employees.
- Coordinates daily workflow with staff members to ensure timely completion.
- Monitors workflow performed by staff to ensure correctness.
- Demonstrates and understands principles of sterilization in preparing items for OR and clinic use.
- Operates all sterilization and HLD equipment according to manufacture requirements and departmental policies.
- Demonstrates and understands principles of decontamination and standard precautions.
- Monitors and inventories the supplies and ensures instrumentation is available for OR and clinical areas.
- Ensures implementation of standards within the quality assurance monitoring process and improvements are followed.
- Maintains and reviews missing instrumentation.
- Puts in requests for missing instrument orders and instrument par needed to maintain functioning instrument trays.
Requirements
- Certified Sterile Processing Technician - The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc.
- Relevant Work Experience: 3 years.
- Education: High School Diploma or GED.
