Sterile processing technician

Job Description

Summary :

This position is responsible for decontamination, cleaning, processing, assembling, sterilizing, storage and distribution of reusable medical devices and supplies used in patient care.

Position is also responsible for the assembly and dispatch of surgical case carts.

CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville is designated by the Texas Department of Health as a Level IV Trauma Center, providing 24 hour emergency and intensive care services for critically ill or injured patients, and stabilizing some 16,500 patients in the ER each year.

CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville is licensed for 69 beds and offers Emergency Services, Intensive Care, Medical Surgical Services, Obstetrics, Surgical Services, Critical Care, and Rehabilitation Services.

The hospital has three operating rooms; eight same-day surgery rooms; two endoscopy rooms; an expanded recovery area; new cardiopulmonary service area and an expanded outpatient services wing.

Women’s Services includes nine birthing suites and a full service nursery, with access to a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Beeville, Texas is centrally located between the Texas Hill Country and the Gulf Coast, comprised of small local flare, various eateries, a local community college and small town hospitality.

At CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville, we respect what each individual brings to our faith-based mission of healing, and to our commitment to provide the very finest health care.

Your background, your skills and your personality are welcome here. We have a supportive environment where quality of work and quality of life are in balance.

Responsibilities :

• Decontaminates and cleans reusable equipment / instruments in accordance with the departmental and OSHA standards.
• Assembles, sterilizes, stores and distributes medical devices and supplies for patient care.
• Adheres to procedures in accordance with departmental and OSHA guidelines when working with materials Departmental standards are based on AMI- Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.
• Organizes, assembles and dispatches surgical case carts based on computer generated physician preference cards.
• Performs physical inventories of floor stock and SPD to ensure accuracy and integrity of system processes. Provides input on PAR levels.

Works and collaborate effort with Material Management in the monitoring of supply usage, storage and organization of materials.

• Operates and understands inventory control devices and programs-Meditech
• Effectively communicates with inter / intradepartmental associates. Demonstrates ability to initiate, receive and relay calls and messages accurately.
• Demonstrates competence to perform assigned responsibilities is a manner that meets the population-specific and developmental needs of the members served by the department.
• Appropriately adapts assigned assessment, treatment, and / or service methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific and other developmental needs of each member served.
• Takes personal responsibility to ensure compliance with all policies, procedures and standards as promulgated by state and federal agencies, the hospital, and other regulatory entities.
• Performs all duties in a manner that protects the confidentiality of patients and does not solicit or disclose any confidential information unless it is necessary in the performance of assigned job duties.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 6 to 12 months of practical application experience gained on the job in all facets of sterile processing considered.
• Sterile processing experience preferred.
• Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) by IAHCSMM preferred

Work Schedule : Varies

Varies

Last updated : 2024-05-15