Non-Certified CS/SPD Technician

                    

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

                        

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

                                    

Job Title

Non-Certified CS/SPD Technician

                        

Location

Canton

                    

Facility

Mercy Hospital

                     

Department

Central Sterile Processing-Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

                      

Job Code

C1111E

                     

Shift

Evening/Night Rotation

                       

Schedule

3:00pm-11:30pm/11:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Mercy Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.    

 

As a Non-Certified CS/SPD Technician, you will play a key role in how our operating rooms care for our patients as a whole team relies on you to successfully set up the operating room. Non-Certified CS/SPD Technicians receive ample support, training and education, including learning how to operate the latest, state-of-the-art processing equipment and using the newest sterilization tools and concepts.   

 

A caregiver in this position works rotating evenings/nights from 3:00PM – 11:30PM or 11:00PM – 7:30AM, including weekends and holidays. 

 

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. 

• Demonstrate proper handling of equipment, instrumentation and chemicals. 

• Perform preventative maintenance. 

• Observe personal protective equipment standards in the decontamination process.  

• Scan, sort, inspect and assemble instruments by instrument list and wrap and label as documented in the procedure.  

• Ensure proper cleaning, decontamination, assembly and high-level disinfection of reusable instrumentation in accordance with AAMI ST79 standards. 

• Monitor and control the distribution of supplies and equipment. 

• Perform recordkeeping within the electronic tracking system, including processing, sterilization and quality assurance documentation. 

• Build case carts using electronic preference cards and dispatch them to appropriate locations. 

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED 

• Sterile Processing certification (e.g., CRCST, CSPDT, CFER, or CER) is required within 18 months