What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Technician/Sterilization Technician(Local candidates only) position at 22nd Century Technologies Inc.?
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Job Title : Medical Technician / Sterile Processing Technician
Location : Loveland, Colorado
Job Type : Contract 12 Months
Job Mode : On-Site
Job Openings : 8 Opening
Summary :
- The Contractor shall furnish all key personnel to provide services necessary to perform onsite decontamination, inspection, assembly, high level disinfection, sterilization, and distribution of medical instruments and equipment to Surgical Specialty (OR), Clinics (Specialty, Podiatry, Ophthalmology, Dental, Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic (ENT)), and other departments that may require Sterile Processing services to eligible beneficiaries of the Department
- The technician receives contaminated instruments from the operating rooms, dental clinics, endoscopy, nursing units, eye clinics, wound care, podiatry and inspects these items for damage and ensures that they are in good working condition.
- The technician determines correct method for decontamination and cleaning as per Instructions for Use (IFU) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in the process that removes blood, tissue, bone fragments, body fluids, and other contaminants by soaking, scrubbing, brushing, rinsing and use of ultrasonic equipment and automated washers
- Assembles sets and trays by selecting appropriate tray and arranging instruments in the tray in the correct manner.
- Disassembles, check functionality, and troubleshoots complex surgical equipment prior to sterilization.
- The contract Medical Supply Technician must assemble a full range of sets and trays used throughout the medical center including those used in the operating room.
- Assembles wide range from simple sets of four or five instruments to very complex sets of up to ninety or one-hundred instruments such as arthroscopic procedure sets, ear-nose-throat (ENT) procedure sets, lap chole sets, eye procedure sets, orthopedic, full mouth extraction, etc.
- Assembles delicate micro-surgical sets such as micro-surgical ear set, ENT, plastic surgery, micro-surgical eye instruments, etc. These sets contain stainless steel instruments, titanium devices, screws, plates, and other prostheses which require expert care and careful attention.
- Disassembles, cleans, lubricates, reassembles, and sterilizes dental handpieces and numerous dental specialty instruments and trays.
- Selects correct sterilizing medium and cycles and operates sterilizer.
- Periodically monitors operation of sterilizer with prescribed tests.
- Properly loads and operates sterilizers such as Steam, hydrogen peroxide gas plasma (V-Pro), disinfecting units (Trophon), and a high-level disinfecting scope re-processor unit (Medivators).
- At post sterilization the contract Medical Supply Technician properly handles sterilized trays, sets, and retrieves peel-packs from sterilizers.
- The contract Medical Supply Technician may perform duties to include post sterilization inspections of instruments sets to observe peel pouches are properly sealed, sterilization containers were properly closed and sealed, and wraps remained intact and taped.)
- After sterilization, the chemical indicators (the one place in peel pouches, and on container label cards) and indicators tapes acts as a visual indicator that the item or package has been exposed to the physical conditions of a sterilizing cycle, by changing colors or manipulating shapes.
- The contract Medical Supply Technician will observe obvious identifiers that sterilization has been performed properly (peel pouches chemical indicator changes, tape indicator changes, etc.)
- The incumbent places a stamped date and control number on each sterilized item indicating the sterilization date.
- The employee stocks sterile items on shelves or delivery carts on a first-in, first-out basis for rotation. Receives sterilized trays, sets, and equipment from the sterilizer, checks for effectiveness of sterilization (color change on marker tapes, dampness of the packages), place tags on sterilized material indicating date of sterilization and expiration date, and stocks shelves with sterilized material.
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