STERILE PROCESSING TECH- Full Time

Lake Charles Memorial Health System • Lake Charles, LA

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About The Position

Responsible for the decontamination, preparation, sterilization and distribution of a variety of surgical instruments, hospital trays and individual items used at the main campus and the Women's campus.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED.
• Two years of experience in sterile processing operations or in a position that has knowledge of and understands the importance of providing sterilized trays of instruments to customers in a timely manner.
• Certification in sterile processing preferred and encouraged at time of hire.
• Minimal computer skills.
• Ability to read, write and speak intelligible English.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to communicate orally and in written form.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Requires emotional stability and maturity.
• Must be adaptable to change, be decisive, and demonstrate foresight.
• Exhibits organizational and leadership ability.
• Must be team oriented with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment.
• Assembles, wraps, and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• 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.
• Assists with maintaining departmental policies and procedures, objectives; and quality improvement, safety and environmental and infection control standards.
• Knowledge of processes, procedures, quality assurance, chemicals and medical instruments sufficient to decontaminate and sterilize equipment, supplies and instruments.
• Incorporates Healthy Workforce in daily practice.
• Cleans department and workstations according to department standards in accordance with ARON and AAMI.
• Selects appropriate packing material according to type of sterilization techniques to be used.
• Labels sterilized products with identification and sterilization indicators as in accordance to ARON and AAMI.

Benefits

• Opportunity to be a part of an organizational culture that supports exceptional patient care.
• Commitment to the well-being and professional growth of employees.
• Recognition as a nationally certified Great Place to Work.

What This Job Offers

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