Sterile Processing Technician - $21-31 per hour
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MultiCare Health System is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician for a job in Lacey, Washington. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Sterile Processing Technician Discipline: Allied Health Professional Duration: Ongoing 40 hours per week Shift: 8 hours, days Employment Type: Staff You Belong Here. At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve. FTE: 1.0, Shift: Days, Schedule: 5x/8 hour shifts Position Summary Sterile Processing Technician II is responsible for ensuring instrumentation needed in the Operating Room is prepared within the allotted timeframe. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Inspires confidence by always performing and communicating in a highly professional manner. 2. Through attitude and example, demonstrates Yakima Valley Memorial's (YVM) expectations for customer service. 3. Produces work with minimal clerical/charting errors, including omissions. 4. Assists with the orientation of employees to assure familiarity with job requirements, relevant policies, and procedures, proper use of tools and equipment, productivity expectations, safety practices, etc. 5. Provides initial coaching and mentoring to staff as appropriate and refers performance issues to the supervisor or manager to evaluate if a performance improvement process is needed. 6. Promotes intra- and inter-departmental cooperation and positive morale. Provides direction and answers co-workers questions. 7. Carries out procedures accepted by current public health regulations for cleaning, disinfecting, wrapping, sterilizing, storing, and dispensing of supplies and equipment. 8. Keeps post procedure supplies separated from clean or sterile supplies and equipment. 9. Follows specified procedure for sterilizer monitoring; cleans and operates the sterilizers according to established procedures. 10. Responsible that the principles of asepsis and technical knowledge are applied to all aspects of department. 11. Performs and records quality assurance functions as necessary. 12. Consistently adheres to hospital infection control and standard precautions. QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent required. Experience: 18 months of hospital experience in the technical aspects in Sterile Processing required. Operating Room, workroom (i.e., concepts of asepsis, mechanical operation of equipment) preferred . Previous leadership experience preferred. Licenses/Certificates/Registration: Certified Registered Central Services Technician (CRCST) preferred. Our Values As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. Why MultiCare? Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America's Best Employers by State” in 2023 Technology: Most Wired health care system 15 years in a row Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn. Pay and Benefit Expectations We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $21.25 - $30.59 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align. Associated benefit information can be viewed here. MultiCare Health System Job ID JR34509. Posted job title: Sterile Processing Tech - Scope Tech About MultiCare Health System MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma's first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. Benefits Weekly pay Continuing Education Wellness and fitness programs Medical benefits Vision benefits License and certification reimbursement Guaranteed Hours 403b retirement plan Sick pay Employee assistance programs Dental benefits Life insurance