Sterile Processing Technician

Job Description:

This position is responsible for ensuring that all basic surgical supplies, instruments and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed and tracked in a quality / timely manner throughout the hospital. Will begin to train and validate competencies to allow perform of these duties independently and without close supervision. Utilizes applications and technology to accurately facilitate record keeping in accordance with State and Federal regulations, promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service behavior standards, performs other duties as assigned. May be required to work overtime based on business need, may be required to float to other departments (within the scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need, may be required to be placed on-call based on business needs.

Shifts and Scheduling

This position is full time/40 hours per week. The schedule for this position is Monday – Friday, 3PM – 11:30PM (8 hour shift) or a 10-hour shift available, 1PM - 11:30PM. Once certified, call is required quarterly.

Essential Functions

Level I

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect basic surgical instruments.

• Identify, Assemble, protect, wrap, contain, peel pack, label and sterilize/high level disinfect basic surgical instruments.

• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures.

• Clean, and correctly use CP equipment.

• Perform, read, validate and record all biological and chemical sterilization tests and parameters before making equipment available for use.

• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures. Issue sterile supplies to areas of the hospital or regional campuses. Issue and receive durable, moveable clinical equipment.

• Perform basic inventory duties as required.

• Communicate effectively both verbally and written with providers, caregivers, and vendors.

Level 2

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect surgical instruments in alignment with proficiencies of our education system in addition to basic medical procedures and 2+ surgical specialties.

• Identify, Assemble, protect, wrap, contain, peel pack, label and sterilize surgical instruments in alignment with proficiencies of our education system in addition to basic procedures and 2+ surgical specialties.

• Clean, troubleshoot and correctly use CP equipment.

• Perform, read, validate and record all biological and chemical sterilization tests and parameters before making equipment available for use.

• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures. Issue sterile supplies to areas of the hospital or regional campuses. Issue and receive durable, moveable clinical equipment.

• Perform inventory duties, such as locating, equipment and consumable products at your facility to send to the utilizing department when required.

• Communicate effectively both verbally and written with providers, caregivers, and vendors.

• Validate all our basic competencies for Sterile Processing within our education system.

• Locate, read and perform a manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU).

Level 3

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect surgical instruments in alignment with proficiencies of our education system in addition to basic medical procedures and 4+ surgical specialties including higher acuity procedures (i.e. Orthopedics, neuro, and Vascular).

• Identify, Assemble, protect, wrap, contain, peel pack, label and sterilize surgical instruments in alignment with proficiencies of our education system in addition to basic procedures and 4+ surgical specialties including higher acuity procedures (i.e. Orthopedics, neuro, and Vascular).

• Perform, read, validate and record all biological and chemical sterilization tests and parameters before making equipment available for use.

• Perform and document daily and weekly testing of decontamination and sterilization equipment. Clean, troubleshoot and correctly use CP equipment.

• Work with medical equipment/instrumentation vendors to check-in, prepare, sterilize and check-out requested equipment/instrumentation

• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures. Issue sterile supplies to areas of the hospital or regional campuses. Issue and receive durable, moveable clinical equipment.

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