What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Technician (1.0) position at billingsclinic?
*May be eligible for $2,500 sign on incentive*
This position is responsible for insuring that all surgical supplies, instruments, and equipment are properly maintained, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked in a quality/timely manner throughout the hospital. Serves as a resource to sterile processing customers, both on Main Campus and in the Region.
Essential Job Functions
• Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings
Clinic’s mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service
expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental
requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and
outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient
safety or job performance.
• Decontamination: Identifies and uses appropriate
methods as identified by manufacturer’s guidelines to sort, disassemble, decontaminate,
clean, and disinfect instruments and clinical equipment. Shows proficiency in operating and
troubleshooting cleaning equipment.Appropriately handles garbage, soiled linen, and biohazard
materials. Maintains safety standards
and ongoing departmental competencies and educational requirements.
• Instrument assembly and packaging: Identifies and inspects instruments for
cleanliness and functionality.Correctly assembles instruments and packages them appropriately to set
standards as it relates to validated sterilization method. Must be familiar with the various packaging
materials available for sterilization and must be able to select the
appropriate packaging for the item and sterilization process. Must be able to
correctly identify a multitude of different instruments and how to properly
process them
• Sterilization/High Level Disinfection (HLD): Selects appropriate sterilization or
high-level disinfection methods.Identifies and follows correct principles of sterilization/HLD. Properly documents and verifies
sterilization loads and biological tests to determine the efficacy of the
sterilization process. Must be able to
understand the advantages and limitations of each sterilization method andbe able to demonstrate competency in using all equipment used for
sterilization and HLD. Correctly
identifies when and how to safely use different sterilization/HLD methods
available.
• Understands and
utilizes established principles and procedures that are required to insure
that the sterilization process will be effective, as defined by regulatory
agencies. Maintains proficiency in all
assigned work areas within Sterile Processing, and maintains cleanliness and
order to ensure a safe and effective working environment.
• Identifies new or unfamiliar equipment to determine
proper reprocessing procedures, and demonstrates ability to use available resources.
Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the
needs of the department/organization
