About This Role
This role is responsible for the complete lifecycle of reusable medical devices and supplies, from decontamination and cleaning to sterilization, storage, and distribution for patient care. The position also involves assembling and dispatching surgical case carts, and suits a detail-oriented technician with experience in sterile processing.
Responsibilities
- Decontaminate and clean reusable equipment/instruments in accordance with departmental and OSHA standards
- Assemble, sterilize, store, and distribute medical devices and supplies for patient care
- Adhere to procedures in accordance with departmental and OSHA guidelines when working with materials—departmental standards are based on AMI- Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
- Organize, assemble, and dispatch surgical case carts based on computer-generated physician preference cards
- Perform physical inventories of floor stock and SPD to ensure accuracy and integrity of system processes
- Provide input on PAR levels
- Work and collaborate with Material Management in monitoring supply usage, storage, and organization of materials
- Operate and understand inventory control devices and programs-Meditech
- Effectively communicate with inter/intradepartmental associates
- Demonstrate ability to initiate, receive, and relay calls and messages accurately
- Demonstrate competence to perform assigned responsibilities in a manner that meets the population-specific and developmental needs of the members served by the department
- Appropriately adapt assigned assessment, treatment, and/or service methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific, and other developmental needs of each member served
- Take personal responsibility to ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and standards as promulgated by state and federal agencies, the hospital, and other regulatory entities
- Perform all duties in a manner that protects the confidentiality of patients and does not solicit or disclose any confidential information unless it is necessary in the performance of assigned job duties
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
- 6 to 12 months of practical application experience gained on the job in all facets of sterile processing considered
Nice to have:
- Sterile processing experience
- HSPA Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) or Certified Registered Central Sterile Tech (CRCST)
Important Details
- Schedule: multiple shifts available
About the Company
CHRISTUS Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system made of hospitals, clinics, and other care facilities.
