Medical Reprocessing Technician (MDR Tech)

Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health•Halifax, NS

1d•CA$23 - CA$28•Onsite

About The Position

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive. Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels. The OpportunityReporting to the Manager of Medical Device Reprocessing, the Medical Device Reprocessing Technician (MDRT) performs procedural duties relating to the provision of safe surgical equipment. The MDRT is responsible for the retrieval, disassembly, decontamination, inspection, function testing, assembly, packaging, sterilization, handling, storage and distribution of reprocessed hospital patient care equipment and surgical instrumentation as well as the documentation of all processes. These duties are carried out in adherence to Canadian Standards Association (CSA), manufacturer’s instructions for use (MIFU'S), departmental policies and procedures, departmental Standard Operational Procedures (SOP's) and standards/best practice guidelines for infection prevention and control.

Requirements

Minimum High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
Recognized MDR Technician course required. In the event that there are no qualified applicants, the employer may consider applicants who currently do not have the MDR Technician course but the applicant is prepared to enroll in the course as a condition of hire and will complete within 18 months of hire.
Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology required.
Responsible, dependable, able to take initiative, and sound decision-making skills required.
Ability to work independently without supervision required.
Demonstrated ability to work well within a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Previous sterile processing experience preferred.
MDR Certification preferred.
Operating Room and/or laparoscopy instrumentation/cidex OPA scope processing experience an asset.
Competency in other languages an asset.

Responsibilities

Retrieval, disassembly, decontamination, inspection, function testing, assembly, packaging, sterilization, handling, storage and distribution of reprocessed hospital patient care equipment and surgical instrumentation.
Documentation of all processes.
Adherence to Canadian Standards Association (CSA), manufacturer’s instructions for use (MIFU'S), departmental policies and procedures, departmental Standard Operational Procedures (SOP's) and standards/best practice guidelines for infection prevention and control.