Sterile Processing Tech (Cert): Per Diem, Nights, Sterile Processing Department
About The Position
The Sterile Processing Technician supports daily operations for operating rooms and other units as needed. The role ensures that surgical supplies, instruments, scopes, and equipment are inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked safely, accurately, and in a timely manner. The position may support hospital-based practices, clinics, and other locations, and may include additional related duties as assigned. The technician prepares and processes surgical and procedure instrumentation and trays for operating rooms, delivery rooms, nursing units, and other departments in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions for use, established procedures, and aseptic technique. The role also prepares procedural case carts, operates processing equipment, verifies quality indicators, maintains accurate tracking and inventory records, and checks sterilized items for expiration and package integrity. Depending on campus requirements, the technician may maintain and distribute durable medical equipment, conduct equipment rounds, provide off-shift and holiday call coverage, and help onboard new team members. The scheduled shift is 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM, with holiday and weekend rotations.
Responsibilities
- Disassemble, clean, inspect, prepare, assemble, sterilize, and dispense surgical and procedure instrumentation and trays for operating rooms, delivery rooms, nursing units, and other departments.
- Prepare procedural case carts according to campus requirements.
- Safely and efficiently operate automated washers, cart washers, ultrasonic washers, and sterilizers according to manufacturers’ instructions and department policies and procedures.
- Examine and test instruments to verify integrity, function, and cleanliness before sterilization or high-level disinfection.
- Verify pre- and post-sterilization quality indicators.
- Report sterilization equipment issues to appropriate Sterile Processing Department leadership.
- Use the Instrument Tracking System during decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and storage to maintain inventory and accurate documentation.
- Accurately label items with their name and/or expiration date.
- Check sterilized items for expiration and package integrity, replacing or reporting items as necessary.
- As required by campus needs, maintain, assemble, and distribute durable medical equipment, including code carts.
- Conduct equipment rounds as required by campus needs.
- Provide off-shift and holiday call coverage as required by campus needs.
- Participate in onboarding new team members as appropriate for the campus.
- Interact with coworkers, visitors, and other staff in a manner consistent with Jefferson’s values.
- Support safe, compassionate, coordinated care that respects patients’ preferences, priorities, needs, cultural beliefs, and values.
- Communicate with and support the interprofessional team, patients, families, and designated care partners.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage, is available to all colleagues, including per diem colleagues and others working less than part-time
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