Sterile Process Technician Certified Lead

McLaren Health Care•Bay City, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment. This role also involves assisting with quality control, performance improvement, hiring decisions, ensuring standards are met, evaluating new procedures, training new staff, problem-solving, providing technical leadership, managing workflow, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Completion of approved sterile processing course and certification as a sterile processing technician by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.
Actively enrolled in approved sterile processing course with defined completion date.

Responsibilities

Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Assists in quality control and performance improvement activities.
Contributes to performance feedback, hiring decisions.
Ensures standards are met (quality, timeliness, customer service, etc.).
Evaluates and tests new procedures/processes.
Orients and/or trains new staff.
Problem solving capabilities.
Subject matter expert/technical leadership.
Work flow/distribution of work.
Assists in assuring compliance with all regulatory and other agency requirements, laws, and statutes pertaining to the operation of the department.