Sterile Processing Technician
: Job Details :

Job Responsibility:

• This position is responsible for ensuring that all reusable surgical supplies, instruments, and equipment are properly decontaminated, inspected, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored, inventoried, and appropriately tracked in accordance with the established departmental and or hospital policies and procedures.
• This position is responsible for ensuring that all reusable surgical supplies, instruments, and equipment are properly decontaminated, inspected, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored, inventoried, and appropriately tracked in accordance with the established departmental and or hospital policies and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Operates automated washers, cart washers, ultrasonic washers, automated endo Product reprocessors, and sterilizers in a safe and efficient manner following manufacturers' written instructions and department policy and procedures.
• Appropriately transports any soiled medical instrumentation / devices according to departmental and or hospital protocol and established guidelines.
• Appropriately sorts soiled items to be decontaminated and cleaned for safe handling by other staff members for items to be reprocessed safely for patient use.
• Inspects instrumentation and equipment for cleanliness, defects, and proper working conditions prior to packaging 100% of the time.
• Maintains an accuracy percentage of complete instrument trays processed 100% of the time.
• Ensures all associated documentation is complete and initialed 100% of the time.
• Proficient in the use of the SPM Instrument Tracking System for all work assignments.
• Ensures all items to be High Level Disinfected / Sterilized (HLD/S) are subjected to the correct disinfectant / sterilization modality under the appropriate parameters which are to be validated with the proper documentation.

Education:

• High School Diploma / GED Required

Required Experience:

• At least two (2) years in a central supply or O.R. processing area.