Central Sterile Processing Technician 3, Part Time

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The Central Sterile Processing Technician 3 (U) is responsible for providing daily direction and work assignments, training and mentoring to team members to achieve team goals and objectives, while maintaining competency in all areas of sterile processing. Prepares supplies and equipment for use during patient procedures with more complexity. Receives, processes, stocks, and distributes supplies. Additionally, responsible for quality review, performance improvement, and resolves routine operational issues, escalating more complex issues to the next level of supervision. 

Work Location: UHealth Tower

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

• Oversees 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.

• Maintains and oversees 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.

• Demonstrates sound knowledge and expertise in care and handling for decontamination, preparation, assembly, packing, sterilization, documentation, and distribution of non-sterile & sterile instrumentation, implantable, case carts, emergency carts and supplies to surgical, nursing units and ancillary departments. 

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

• Adheres to and promotes 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 and resolves issues.

• Maintains distribution of equipment, supply records, and logbooks. Operates and maintains documentation of various sterilizers and processing equipment.

• Serves as a primary role in precepting and training staff.

• Maintains storage of sterile supplies/surgical instrumentation according to facility policies and procedures.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                         

Education:

• High School or Equivalent

• Graduate of a Vocational Training Program in Central Sterile Processing or a Surgical Tech program required

Certification and Licensing:  Hold one of the following certifications.

• CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) IAHCSMM

• CSPDT (Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician) CBSPD

• CST (Certified Surgical Technician) NBSTSA

• BLS certification is required from the American Heart Association

Experience:

Minimum 4 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• General knowledge of office procedures and operations.

• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention