Sterile Processing Tech Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Successfully pass a nationally accredited central service exam and hold and maintain either a Certified Registered Central Service Technician credential or a Certified Sterile Processing & Distribution Technician credential; alternatively, provide evidence of employment or contract services as a Central Service Technician in a healthcare facility for a cumulative period of one year between January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2015.
• Obtain Central Service Technician certification within 18 months of hire if the grandfathering requirements are not met.
• Obtain Sterile Processing certification within 18 months after employment if the Hard to Fill clause is utilized.
• Employees with provisional certification from IAHCSMM must obtain complete certification within six months of hire.
• Meet the role's heavy physical requirements, including physically intensive work and lifting materials up to 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Process and supply sterile goods and equipment to hospital areas, including decontamination, gleaning, packing, sterilizing, storing, and distribution.
• Maintain supplies used to sterilize items for hospital use and for other institutions or organizations deemed appropriate by administrative staff.
• Report supplies that are not readily available to the appropriate parties for replenishment.
• Distribute needed supplies and equipment throughout the hospital and affiliates as ordered.
• Follow department policies and procedures when distributing supplies and equipment.
• Keep assigned areas clean, organized, and stocked with necessary supplies.
• Collect and clean soiled equipment and machines, and maintain clean carts and shelves on floors using appropriate protective equipment and attire.
• Transport medications from crash carts to the pharmacy.