Central Sterile Processing Technician 1 - UHealth SoLé Mia

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The University of Miami UHealth/SoLé Mia opening September 2025, will bring high-quality academic medicine to Noth Miami, Aventura, and surrounding communities.

Our expert team of physicians and staff will represent a wide range of specialties, including NCI–designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the number-one eye hospital in the nation. UHealth at SoLé Mia will also deliver the latest in urologic treatments from the renowned Desai Sethi Urology Institute as well as top-notch care from UHealth’s nationally ranked neurology and neurosurgery programs.

UHealth/SoLé Mia has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Central Sterile Processing Technician 1. Be part of the UHealth Difference!

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Central Sterile Processing Technician 1 is responsible for preparing supplies and equipment for use during patient procedures achieving competency in at least one area of sterile processing. Receives, processes, stocks, and distributes supplies. Cleans and disinfects equipment requiring decontamination or sterilization, assembly, packing, sterilization, documentation, implantable, case carts, emergency carts, and supplies to surgical nursing units and ancillary departments assisting with daily operational flow.

Sign-on Bonus $10,000

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                                     

·         Cleans, wraps, sterilizes, stores, and distributes medical equipment, supplies and instruments used in patient care.

·         Ensures adequate equipment and supplies are available to complete order requests.

·         Transports instruments and supplies, delivering items to their destination within an efficient time frame prioritizing patient safety.

·         Achieves and maintains productivity demand level for area by fulfilling order requests in a timely manner for patients from various hospital departments.

·         Sets up of decontamination and assembly workstations daily following established standard of work processes (SOW) for all decontamination/sterilization, preparing and assembly.

·         Transports case carts as requested, following established safety protocols and utilizes department tool aides to prevent errors.

·         Assembles minor procedure instrumentation for nursing units, and all other ancillary departments. 

·         Receives and sorts medical equipment and instruments returned to decontamination, loading/unloading cart washer, emergency carts, and sterile supplies.

·         Adheres to infection control and utilizes universal precautions PPE protocols.

·         Participates in continuous process improvement and quality systems and stays abreast of related departmental practice guidelines and standards from the Joint Commission, AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation), AORN (Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses).

·         Checks equipment for functionality and report malfunctioning equipment immediately to leadership. Provides reliable, high quality customer service to all department’s requests.

·         Prepares and distributes request orders, including fulfilling phone order requests for supplies and equipment.

·         Maintains distribution of equipment, supply records, and logbooks.

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