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Sterling Medical is seeking full time Medical Supply Technicians to provide services at the VA Medical Center in Cheyenne, WY.
VA Business Hours : VA business hours / hours of operation for Sterile Processing Service is 0700-1730 Monday- Friday. (Hours of operations may vary as per the needs of the surgical department)
Work Schedule : Contract SPS staff shall be available 8 hours shifts, Monday through Friday. Contracted personnel work shifts of 40 hours per week.
Requirements for Medical Supply Technicians are as follows :
- Knowledge of surgical instruments used in operating rooms and clinic settings.
- Knowledge of event-related packaging regarding sterility.
- Knowledge of sterilization and cleaning equipment
- Knowledge of universal precautions for safety and prevention of cross contamination
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology to assemble specialty operating room / clinic instrument sets.
- Basic understanding of basic principles of microbiology as they apply to medical supply operations, especially as they relate to the resistance of microorganisms to external destructive agents such as heat, chemicals, and ionizing radiation.
- Working understanding of anatomy and physiology to understand how the instrumentation is used and can make educated instrument substitutions as necessary in the instrument trays, or on an emergency basis, make suggestions to the clinical staff of equivalent, acceptable instruments.
Place of Performance – Contractor shall furnish services at the Cheyenne VAMC 2360 EAST PERSHING BLVD. CHEYENNE, WY 82001
Qualification : 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 of Veterans Affairs, the range of Sterile Processing Service as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of the quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by Office of Sterile Processing (VA Governing), Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Disease Control (CDC), and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Interested? Call Isela Boyett,
513-984-1800
EXT 350 to discuss more in detail or send current resume to apply for this opportunity at
iboyett@sterlingmedcorp.com
