Sterile Processing Tech I

CommonSpirit Health•Hot Springs, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. They have served Arkansas since 1888 and are known for care advancements, employing over 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers. CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs, with over 280 licensed beds, is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization serving Hot Springs, Ark., and surrounding communities. Both CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs and CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock are Magnet hospitals, achieving this status for the first time on October 14, 2020, and upholding high standards of quality, patient care, and safety. CommonSpirit Health, formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019, is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for the poor and vulnerable, and innovating healing. As a Sterile Processing Professional, you will be a critical guardian of patient safety, ensuring surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation. Your daily tasks will involve expertly performing decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy, delivering instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism. You will continuously expand your knowledge of standards and procedures for surgical instrumentation. Success in this role requires exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a rigorous commitment to infection control to ensure optimal surgical outcomes with a professional demeanor.

Requirements

High School GED, upon hire
High School Graduate, upon hire
Exceptional attention to detail
Strong organizational skills
Rigorous commitment to infection control
Professional demeanor

Responsibilities

Demonstrates and facilitates effective departmental and inter-departmental communications.
Consistently responds to departmental and inter-departmental needs in a prompt, accurate, clear, and precise manner.
Consistently informs appropriate individuals about problems involving equipment, supplies, instruments, implants, etc.
Consistently maintains continuity of communications.
Uses care in handling instruments, identifies heat sensitive items, and separates delicate items to prevent damage.
Consistently keeps washers loaded and operating.
Knowledgeable of the basic use of surgical instruments.
Keeps accurate records of all instruments received and cleaned.
Follows cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization procedures per manufacturer’s instructions.
Consistently inspects the integrity of implant packaging to ensure sterility.
Assembles implant sets, emergency carts, and trays with minimal assistance.
Consistently processes, checks, and labels implants in a timely, accurate, and legible manner with minimal assistance.
Replaces all items needed to complete implant sets and specialty carts with minimal assistance.
Records requests for implants on the record form.
Consistently maintains a clean and orderly work area.
Consistently inspects instruments for sharpness, deterioration, alignment, and cleanliness.
Inspects all serration and cannulations according to policy.
Checks the condition of instrument containers prior to use.
Ensures that appropriate sterilization indicators and filters are placed in the instrument pan(s) prior to sterilization.
Consistently ensures that instrument sets are complete prior to sterilization; records all missing tag items that are not replaced in instrument sets.
Consistently keeps conveyor unloaded and cleared of trays.
Correctly processes workload (case cart, power equipment, decontaminating equipment, scopes, etc.) and determines processing/cleaning priorities.
Displays knowledge in identifying surgical instrumentation.