SPD Support Tech, UofL Hospital, 8:00pm - 4:30am)

UofL Health • Louisville, KY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sterile Processing Support Assistant assists in providing the highest quality patient care, by supplying sterile and non-sterile supplies, instruments, and equipment to all departments/areas within the University Medical Center complex. The Support Assistant’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: pick-up and delivery of all reusable items to appropriate areas, packing and delivery of case carts, restocking supplies, and crediting supply returns to SPD. Maintains compliance with established policies and procedures of Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Associates of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and CDC guidelines.

Requirements

• High School graduate or GED required

Nice To Haves

• One year previous experience in a healthcare setting in a clinical capacity preferred

Responsibilities

• Effectively communicates with co-workers and all other hospital personnel
• Answers Vocera/telephone promptly and assist caller with obtaining items needed
• Assembles supplies and places into case carts for scheduled and non-scheduled procedures
• Makes rounds throughout the hospital to deliver sterile and non-sterile instrumentation, supplies and equipment, and to pick-up contaminated or credit instrumentation, supplies and equipment
• Delivers scheduled case carts to the Surgery Department
• Inventories and delivers back-up case carts to the Surgery Department and required areas
• Maintains responsibility for returned instrumentation and supplies (if applicable) that is unused, and the integrity of packaging has not been compromised

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED