Certified Sterile Processing Technician

                    

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Job Title

Certified Sterile Processing Technician

                        

Location

Medina

                    

Facility

Medina Hospital

                     

Department

Central Supply-Medina Hospital

                      

Job Code

C13008

                     

Shift

Evening/Night Rotation

                       

Schedule

7:00pm-4:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

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

Join Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. As a proud recipient of the Vizient, Inc.'s Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, Medina Hospital is known for its excellence in delivering safe, patient-centered care that is timely, effective, efficient, and equitable. Medina Hospital has also been recognized for its commitment to creating a positive environment that empowers and engages staff by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Here, you can build a rewarding, lifelong career while receiving endless support and encouragement.

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. Responsibilities include but are not limited to ensuring safe and efficient practices in decontamination, instrument assembly, wrapping, and sterilization of all reprocessed instruments, distribution equipment, and case cart management. 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 days from 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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:  

• A high school diploma or GED 

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

• Two - five years of experience in central service/sterile processing areas is required, along with successful completion of a recognized training program with certification in central service/sterile processing

• 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

• Ability to use the computerized instrument tracking system to perform assigned duties, including obtaining instrument count sheets, special handling instructions for instrumentation, documenting sterilization loads and other tasks

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• 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.