Sterilization Tech I, Marshall Medical Centers North, Surgery, PRN, 1st Shift

Huntsville Hospital Health System • Guntersville, AL

3h • Onsite

About The Position

This Sterilization Tech I position is supervised by the Surgical Services Unit Charge Nurses and the Director of Surgical Services. The role requires adherence to hospital and department policies, including maintaining a good attendance record, punctuality, following dress code, observing confidentiality, adhering to safety policies, participating in continuing education, and complying with all relevant policies and procedures. The individual must demonstrate flexibility and openness to change, consistently meet the hospital’s Journey to Service Excellence standards, support Customer Service, and collaborate with appropriate charge nurses regarding precepting of orientees.

Departmental duties include monitoring OR supplies, working with the clinical buyer to oversee outdates and needed supplies for cases, helping establish PAR levels and organization of supplies, and coordinating with surgical techs, director, and buyer to ensure proper supplies are available. The role involves anticipating product needs by monitoring the OR schedule, pulling cases with instruments prior to surgery to assist with room turnover, and utilizing devices to retrieve supplies during surgery when necessary. The tech will also use pick sheets for proper supply pulling, assist with preference card changes and updates, work in sterile processing as needed for instrument sterilization, and take call responsibility for sterile processing.

Clinical duties encompass understanding and demonstrating all sterile processing competencies, such as operating washers and sterilizers, handling biologicals and indicators, managing storage, tracing instruments, maintaining monthly records, and ensuring completeness of trays. The position also requires understanding and demonstrating sterile supply maintenance, including rotation and proper handling, understanding the process in preference cards for pulling instruments and supplies, and demonstrating proper PPE. Call responsibilities for sterile processing are also part of the clinical duties.

Additional responsibilities include maintaining the unit, equipment, and supplies, communicating patient information, documenting information, charging for equipment and supplies, and efficiently using the computer system. Strong interpersonal skills, including effective communication, flexibility, adaptability, supporting unit teams, and problem resolution, are essential.

Requirements

• Sterile processing national certification
• High School Graduate
• Current BCLS certification

Nice To Haves

• Supply chain experience, pulling surgical supplies for case load as well as instruments
• Advanced training

Responsibilities

• Adherence to hospital/department policy
• Maintains good attendance record
• Arrives to work punctually
• Follows dress code
• Observes confidentiality
• Adheres to safety policies
• Participates in continuing education
• Follows department of nursing and hospital policy and procedures
• Complies with surgery department policy and procedures
• Complies with staffing assignments
• Demonstrates flexibility and openness to change
• Monitors OR supplies and works with clinical buyer to oversee for outdates and needed supplies for cases
• Helps establish PAR levels and organization of supplies
• Works with surgical techs, director and buyer to ensure proper supplies available for cases
• Anticipates product needs by monitoring OR schedule and coordinating with the charge nurse and director
• Pulls cases prior to day of surgery with instruments needed to assist with turnover of rooms
• Assist with improvement of turnover of rooms
• Utilize devise to be available to pull needed supply for surgical room during a surgery when necessary
• Utilizes pick sheet to ensure proper supplies pulled to open, assist with changes and updates for preference cards
• Works in sterile processing as needed to assist with sterilization of instruments
• Call responsibility for sterile processing
• Keep instrument room organized and rotate
• Understands and demonstrates all sterile processing competencies: Washers, sterilizers, biologicals, indicators, storage, tracing of instruments, monthly records, completeness of trays
• Understands and demonstrates sterile supply maintenance- rotation of supplies, ensuring proper handling of supplies
• Understands process in preference cards to pull instruments and supplies
• Demonstrates proper PPE
• Maintains unit
• Maintains equipment and supplies
• Communicates patient information
• Documents information
• Charges for equipment and supplies
• Uses computer system efficiently
• Communicates effectively
• Maintains flexibility and adaptability
• Supports unit teams
• Resolves problems
• Consistently meets the hospital’s Journey to Service Excellence standards
• Supports Customer Service
• Collaborates with appropriate charge nurse regarding precepting of orientee and documents progress or concerns

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees