NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job DescriptionJob Responsibilities:- Read and understand Manufacturer IFU in relation to the cleaning and maintenance of all small movable equipment.- Pick up soiled utility bins from soiled utility rooms and replace with clean bins to designated areas.- Pick up all bulk supplied for Central Sterile Department from Receiving Dock and deliver to storage areas for proper storage.- Cleans, decontaminates, inspects, assembles, sterilizes and transports equipment, supplies and instruments according to manufacturer's IFU and prescribed procedures and techniques.- Decontaminates the full range of reusable patient care equipment and medical supplies, including but not limited to containers and equipment such as aspirators, croupettes, oxygen suppliers and small movable equipment using detergents and disinfecting solutions all according to manufacturer's IFU.- Deliver daily to O.R., Clinics and Nursing Unit packages to their assigned destination on a timely basis.- Retrieve all Sterile Processing Unit cargo trucks and soiled utility bins from nursing units on a timely basis.- Pick up on daily basis all soiled small movable equipment from soiled utility rooms on all Nursing Unit and return to Central Sterile Decontamination Room for processing.- Prepares list of contents and affixes list to package or groups of packages. Uses central system for supplies being processed.- May gather used supplies for hospital facilities and/or departments and return them after sterilization.- Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or designee.
Minimum QualificationsAbility to read and write English and to understand and carry out simple instructions.NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs