Sterile Processing Specialist

1 day ago

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Lancaster General Full time
Job Title: Sterile Processing Technician

Location: Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA

Schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week) from 11pm-7:30am, rotating weekends and holidays, with on-call requirements

Job Summary:

The Sterile Processing Technician will perform essential duties for the proper decontamination, cleaning, inspection, quality assurance monitoring, assembly, packaging, sterilization, storage, distribution, and documentation of surgical instrumentation and equipment according to established procedures.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Cleans, decontaminates, assembles, and sterilizes all instrumentation and equipment in accordance with departmental policy and procedure, Infection Control standards, and other regulations
  • Operates all sterilization and decontamination equipment safely and efficiently, in accordance with departmental policies and procedures
  • Inspects, assembles, and sterilizes all surgical instrumentation and instrumentation from other entities in accordance with departmental policy and procedure
  • Monitors and reports all biological indicators and other quality assurance verifications for patient safety
  • Restocks accurately case carts with supplies, instrumentation, and equipment as indicated by the daily surgical schedule
  • Stages and delivers case carts, stocking carts, and equipment to the correct Perioperative locations
  • Inventories and maintains adequate levels of all instrumentation, equipment, and sterile supplies utilized
  • Reports and records missing and/or damaged instrumentation/equipment, in accordance with set policy and procedure
  • Serves as the initial contact for all departmental inquiries from customers, answering, recording, and responding to all requests via phone and/or in person in a courteous and professional manner
  • Maintains work areas in a clean, neat, and orderly fashion on a daily basis, cleaning the work area prior to the end of the shift in preparation for the oncoming shift
  • Participates in cross-training for new surgical instrumentation and equipment
  • Supports current or other SPD sites as requested by the department supervisor or manager
  • Promotes effective and collaborative working relationships with members of the Perioperative team and other customers
  • Actively participates in department Lean/Performance Improvement/Quality initiatives and programs
Secondary Responsibilities:
  • Repairs, loaner, or missing equipment/instrument identification, taking responsibility, along with the shift leader or coordinator, for ensuring that loaner sets are available and sterile as required
  • Reports instrument/equipment malfunction to the SPD shift leader, reporting discrepancies, problems, and concerns to management using the proper chain of command
  • Demonstrates all computer applications accurately
  • Consistently follows Instrument Tracking system procedures for set/tray assembly
  • Consistently follows Operating Room (OR) Preference card system procedures for preference/pick ticket lists
  • Attends regularly scheduled in-services and continuing education offerings
  • Participates in on-call responsibilities for this position as required
  • Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
  • High School diploma or GED equivalent required
  • Basic computer skills
  • If hired after 12/28/2020, within 18 months of hire must hold a certification from one of the following accredited bodies: Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Board Sterilized Processing & Distribution Tech (CSPDT)
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous background in healthcare services (Procedural or Surgical Services experience)
  • Surgical Technologist (ST) and/or Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) preferred
  • One (1) year Surgical instrument processing/reprocessing and medical inventory experience
  • One (1) year of Sterile Processing experience
  • One (1) year Patient Care equipment experience
Disclaimer:

This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job.

It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards.

The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute.

The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole.

Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

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