Sterile Processing Tech I
About The Position
As a Sterile Processing Professional at CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network part of CommonSpirit Health, you will play a critical role in patient safety. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation. This involves expertly performing decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy. You are expected to deliver instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism, while continuously expanding 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. CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs is a Magnet hospital, upholding the highest standards of quality and patient care.
Requirements
- High School GED
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Rigorous commitment to infection control
- Professional demeanor
- Knowledgeable of the basic use of surgical instruments
Responsibilities
- Ensure surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation.
- Expertly perform decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy.
- Deliver instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism.
- Continuously expand knowledge of standards and procedures for surgical instrumentation.
- Demonstrate and facilitate effective departmental and inter-departmental communications.
- Consistently respond to departmental and inter-departmental needs in a prompt, accurate, clear, and precise manner.
- Consistently inform appropriate individuals about problems involving equipment, supplies, instruments, implants, etc.
- Consistently maintain continuity of communications.
- Use care in handling instruments, identify heat sensitive items, and separate delicate items to prevent damage.
- Consistently keep washers loaded and operating.
- Keep accurate records of all instruments received and cleaned.
- Follow cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization procedures per manufacturer’s instructions.
- Consistently inspect the integrity of implant packaging to ensure sterility.
- Assemble implant sets, emergency carts, and trays with minimal assistance.
- Consistently process, check, and label implants in a timely, accurate, and legible manner with minimal assistance.
- Replace all items needed to complete implant sets and specialty carts with minimal assistance.
- Record requests for implants on the record form.
- Consistently maintain a clean and orderly work area.
- Consistently inspect instruments for sharpness, deterioration, alignment, and cleanliness.
- Inspect all serration and cannulations according to policy.
- Check the condition of instrument containers prior to use.
- Ensure that appropriate sterilization indicators and filters are placed in the instrument pan(s) prior to sterilization.
- Consistently ensure that instrument sets are complete prior to sterilization; record all missing tag items that are not replaced in instrument sets.
- Consistently keep conveyor unloaded and cleared of trays.
- Correctly process workload (case cart, power equipment, decontaminating equipment, scopes, etc.) and determine processing/cleaning priorities.
- Follow cleaning procedure per manufacturer’s instructions.
- Display knowledge in identifying surgical instrumentation.
Benefits
- Benefits that complement and support your work/life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
