Sterile Processing Tech Lead

Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2024 CLOSED ON 7/22/2024

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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.

We’ve been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300 outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different.

Job Overview

The Lead Instrument/Sterile Processing Technician is crucial for patient safety and infection control, as they ensure the decontamination, reprocessing, and maintenance of surgical instruments, endoscopes, and patient care equipment. They proficiently operate various surgical instrument sterilizers and decontamination equipment. The Lead Technician serves as a surgical specialty liaison, further enhancing their role in supporting specialized procedures.

Additional Information

Department Name: Sterile Processing

Job Status: Fulltime – 80 hours per pay period

Shift: Monday-Friday 11:00am - 7;30pm

Qualifications

Education: High School or GED

Experience: 3 years of surgical instrumentation in a hospital sterile processing environment

Certification(s): Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS) or Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER)

Responsibilities

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Anticipates OR needs and leads the workroom to minimize delays in OR schedule.

Acts as surgical specialty liaison to the Operating Room and Procedure Center.

Assists with training on cleaning and sterilization, using instrument manufacturer’s guidelines for new instruments and sets.

Creates and updates instrument set lists and enters them into SPM system.

Performs all decontamination functions for durable medical equipment and OR surgical instruments.

Performs all surgical instrument functions with proper care and handling. Ensures all instruments are in proper working condition before reassembling the sets.

Participates in professional education and growth opportunities within Sterile Processing and instrument technology. Maintains certifications and stays up to date with current trends in field.

Precepts new employees aiding in their development.

Assists with staffing, operational planning, and control functions, including specialized technical skill requirements.

Oversees departmental operations in the absence of management, applying knowledge of policies and procedures.

Provides leadership and supervisory guidance in quality improvement efforts. May be asked to lead quality initiatives.

Develops and maintains expert knowledge of surgical service, sterile process, or instrument classification.

Communicates with medical and nursing personnel regarding changes in service and/or special needs. Recommend ordering of new equipment/instruments and replacing of lost or damaged items.

Assists with the orientation, training and ongoing in-service education programs for technicians.

Participates with other Sterile Processing Departments within the organization to assist with staffing challenges.

Collaborate with vendors and other facilities for loaner trays.

Other Information

Guidelines: Advanced full performance professional level work that requires additional knowledge, education, training or experience. Guidelines are generally in the form of stated objectives only with issues and factors largely undefined requiring the employee to exercise creativity and ingenuity in devising criteria, techniques, strategy, and methodologies for approaching assigned functions or projects.

Complexity: Duties performed involve concepts, theories, and concrete factors to be evaluated and weighed requiring a high degree of analytical ability, independent judgment, and decision-making. Acts as a subject matter expert in the field of expertise.

Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.

Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where some degree of discretion and judgment are required in carrying out a major program and/or function of the organization.

Physical Requirements

Physical Requirements

  • Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination: Good
  • Audio-Visual: Depth Perception: Good
  • Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good
  • Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good
  • Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good
  • General Activity: Stand/Walk: 6-8 hrs. per day
  • Motion: Bend: Up to 1/3 of time
  • Motion: Carry: Up to 1/3 of time
  • Motion: Lift: Up to 1/3 of time
  • Motion: Pull: Up to 1/3 of time
  • Others: May assist in lifting, transporting and positioning of patients
  • Others: Must be able to tolerate temperature changes, smoke, fumes, and dust.
  • Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)
  • Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: More than 50 pounds: Up to 1/3 of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Frequent.
  • Exposure: Exposure to cold/heat: Frequent.
  • Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
  • Exposure: Exposure to laser beam: Occasional.
  • Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Frequent.
  • Exposure: Exposure to radiation: Occasional.
  • Exposure: Exposure to skin irritations: Frequent.
  • Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
  • Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
  • Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Salary Information

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $48,962.61 to $73,443.91

Hourly Salary Range: $23.54 to $35.31

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

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