What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Technician (Per Diem) position at Crozer Keystone Health System?
At Crozer Health, you will find care you can trust from people who truly understand the people we care for. We know our communities better than anyone — who we are, what makes us thrive — because we are your friends, family, and neighbors. We provide clinical excellence across a broad range of services right here at home. As a Sterile Processing Technician you will decontaminate / reprocess surgical instrumentation; and utilize a working knowledge of a surgical case cart system. Responsibilities :
- Performs duties in support of the Hospital mission to ensure the highest quality of patient care in an economically sound and efficient manner.
- Cleans contaminated instruments. Selects correct biocidal process. Remove gross soil manually and operate instrument washers, rinses, and dryers, in accordance with protocols and procedures.
- Inspects and lubricates instruments.
- Follows departmental dress code. Uses personal protective equipment when appropriate.
- Process sterile supplies for Operating Room, Surgicenter and patient care departments.
- Prepares instrument trays according to the instrument sheet.
- Wraps instruments and trays in accordance with procedures appropriate to the wrapping material. Selects appropriate sterilization process.
- Operates steam and ethylene oxide sterilizers and aeration equipment.
- Implements sterilization monitoring techniques.
- Processes and sterilizes all instrument trays, including specialty trays.
- Ensures receipt of proper requisition forms prior to issuance of processed sterile instrument items to nursing and other departments.
- Takes inventory and requisitions departmental supplies on a weekly basis, or as necessary.
- Participates in the training of new personnel.
- Assembles surgical case carts for operating room.
- Make rounds to ER, L&D and nursing units to pick up instruments to be reprocessed.
- Confers with nursing personnel concerning requests for supplies.​​​​​​
Requirements :
We offer the largest network of primary care physicians in the county, as well as four hospitals to serve your needs, from delivering babies to open-heart surgery. We provide some of the most advanced neurosciences, burn, and trauma services on the East Coast. We offer the individualized care everyone in our community deserves.
If all this sounds good, apply now!
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