Sterile Processing Technician Senior - Supply Sterile Processing

Christus Health•San Antonio, TX

69d•Onsite

About The Position

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital serving the fastest growing area of San Antonio. Specialized care includes orthopedic and surgical services, ICU, women's services, a newborn nursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to open heart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, the CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, and more. The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and three medical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Health Center. Summary: This Job is responsible for the administration of sterile processing including: quality of decontamination, cleaning, sterilization of surgical instruments, reprocessable equipment, equipment, Endo-scopes and supplies for the Perioperative Dept. The Job also responsible for the functional coordination of the dept. within and with outside other depts./resources.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
1 - 2 years of experience in sterile processing preferred
HSPA Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) or Certified Registered Central Sterile Tech (CRCST) required

Responsibilities

Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
Acts as liaison between SPD, Perioperative Services, Labor and Delivery, and Nursing Units.
Provide input on PAR level adds, changes, and deletions.
Take physical inventories, on a periodic basis, of Floor Stock and SPD to ensure accuracy and integrity of the system.
Understand, operate and instruct associates on the proper use of inventory control devices, i.e. scanners and bar code readers.
Assist all newly assigned Floor Stock associates in all facets of SPD functions.
Ensure sound inventory control practices are adhered to, such as stock rotation, care custody, and control of all inventory.
Demonstrates competence to perform assigned client care responsibilities in a way that meets the age-specific and developmental needs of the persons served by the department.
Appropriately adapts assigned client assessment, treatment, and / or care methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific and other developmental needs of each person served.
Responsible for establishing and following written policies and procedures used to decontaminate, reprocess, care and package instruments and equipment used in patient care processes.
Demonstrates knowledge and responsibility for infection control procedures related to decontamination and reprocessing of instruments and equipment.
Adheres to sterilization protocols as provided in the Sterilization Reference Manual
Leads in implementation and/or monitoring of quality control programs.
Assist in the reviewing / revising process of the QI plan in compliance with hospital and departmental procedures, policies, and standard of care.
Participate in continuing education, formal and informal.
Other activities as assigned.