Lead Sterile Processing Technician

Saratoga Hospital•Saratoga Springs, NY

39d•$24 - $39•Onsite

About The Position

We're looking for a dedicated Lead Sterile Processing Technician to join our team and help us continue delivering the level of care our patients and families deserve. In this role, you'll be a vital part of our team, ensuring excellent service, collaboration, and patient outcomes in a fast-paced healthcare environment. You'll use special devices to sterilize instruments and other materials. Sterile Processing technicians assume responsibility for reprocessing and delivery of re-usable instruments, sets, and linen packs. Sterile Processing Techs are responsible for ensuring adequate sterile supply levels are maintained in the operating room and other units.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED required
1 or more years of work experience in Central Sterile Supply
Certified Central Service Technician Certification required

Responsibilities

Sterilization: Operates sterilizing equipment on a daily basis. Reprocesses all re-usable instruments (decontamination, set identification, preparation, sterilization) with load control numbers on the item.
Organization: Monitors the cleaning, sorting, inspecting and grouping of instruments to be wrapped and sterilized.
Time Management: Recognizes request for urgent sterile instruments or sets based on surgical schedule, surgical booking and room requests and responds immediately. Follows instructions accurately, organizes multiple tasks, and establishes day to day priorities.
Communication: Verifies with Operating Room staff that proper instruments, sets and equipment are on hand and working properly. Provides information accurately and completely. Identifies service related problems and suggests ways to improve quality and productivity. Records all instruments processed in daily logs, and files according to procedure. Edits and inputs new instrument count sheets.
Equipment Maintenance: Assists in cleaning and inspecting floor equipment. Monitors and documents results of biological/bowie-dick testing, temperature and time cycles and reports malfunctions. Cleans and monitors all necessary equipment.
Supervisory: Leads, schedules and trains new employees. Acts as a resource to CSR tech team. Ensures that daily, weekly and monthly cleaning lists are completed by CSR staff.
Policies: Assists in developing, implementing and updating policies and procedures for the department. Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.