CS SPD Certified Technician

                    

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Job Title

CS SPD Certified Technician

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Fairview Hospital

                     

Department

Sterile Processing-Fairview Hospital

                      

Job Code

C13008

                     

Shift

Nights

                       

Schedule

11:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

*This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $2,500*  

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.  

Certified CS/SPD Technicians are responsible for cleaning and maintaining surgical tools and hospital equipment. It is your job to make sure that the sterilized tools are then organized into trays containing the instruments required for routine or special surgeries. You are also responsible for checking equipment to make sure it is in good repair and up to date. 

A caregiver in this role works nights from 11:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with rotating weekend requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide safe, efficient practices for decontamination, instrument assembly, wrapping and sterilization of all reprocessed instruments and distribution equipment.  

• Perform case pull functions.  

• Determine appropriate case carts to be built for specialty procedures.  

• Build case carts ensuring adherence to procedures.  

• Dispatch case carts to ensure availability for surgical/clinical procedures.  

• Perform record keeping, ordering, stocking and inventory control.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED 

• Two to five years of experience in central service/sterile processing areas 

• A Sterile Processing certification (e.g., CRCST, CSPDT, CFER, or CER) 

• Successful completion of a recognized training program with certification in central service/sterile processing

• Proficient in using computerized instrument tracking systems 

• Military experience, such as Hospital Corpsmen (HM), Machinery Repairman (MR), Aircraft Maintenance Technician (2A3X3), Biomedical Equipment Specialist (68A), Small Arms Repairer (91F), or similar, will be considered  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• One year of healthcare experience or a similar background in mechanical/manufacturing assembly

• Background in manufacturing, warehouse, or machinery

• Basic computer skills 

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion, including handling and lifting items that weigh 20-30 pounds.

• Requires the ability to push a fully loaded cart weighing up to 200+ pounds.

• Possible exposure to biological and chemical contamination.

• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

• Requires corrected vision and hearing to within normal range.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and