Lead Sterile Processing Technician
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. Lead Sterile Processing Technicians 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
- Operates sterilizing equipment on a daily basis.
- Reprocesses all re-usable instruments (decontamination, set identification, preparation, sterilization) with load control numbers on the item.
- Monitors the cleaning, sorting, inspecting and grouping of instruments to be wrapped and sterilized.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assists in developing, implementing and updating policies and procedures for the department.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, retirement plans, tuition assistance, and wellness programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
High school or GED
