What are the responsibilities and job description for the Central Sterilization Processing Department Technician position at New England Baptist Surgery Center, LLC?
New England Baptist Surgery Center (NEBSC) is currently hiring for a Central Sterilization Processing Department Technician.
About us:
New England Baptist Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art surgery center providing comprehensive orthopedic care for a range of ambulatory services, including total joint surgery and pain management procedures. We have 8 operating rooms and 25 pre-and post-operative bays.
NEBSC offers great benefits such as:
- Competitive salary
- Generous PTO
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-term Term Disability Insurance
- Company sponsored Life and AD&D insurance.
- 7 Company Paid Holidays which are in addition to your PTO
Not required to work any company sponsored holidays
Position Summary:
Responsible for the proper decontamination, inspection, assembly and sterilization of surgical instruments. Operate processing equipment. Proficient in instrument decontamination and assembly and will be aware of the sterilization methods available and which is appropriate in correlation with the devices that are to be processed.
Essential Position Responsibilities:
- Decontaminates surgical instruments according to manufacturer’s instructions. Will operate all decontamination equipment.
- Inspects instruments after decontamination, ensuring all items are clean, intact, functional and accounted for.
- Assembles trays in a manner that ensures device sterility as well as presenting a tray that is easy for the end user to access for use. Uses count sheets to ensure trays are assembled accurately for all trays.
- Interfaces with the CSPD tracking system for all functions of processing.
- Packages or containerizes instrument sets according to manufacturers’ guidelines and AAMI standards. Packages in a neat and proper technique ensuring easy aseptic opening in the operating room.
- Loads sterilizer carts in a way to ensure packaged items are not punctured or compromised, loads containers and wrapped goods as recommended.
- Runs daily sterilizer tests on all sterilizers.
- Operates sterilizers according to manufacturer’s instructions, ensuring every load biological monitoring.
- Documents all load contents, interfaces load to tracking system, loads cycle, confirming correct parameters, monitors sterilizer to tracking system information, records all pertinent information (biological, mechanical and chemical).
- Unloads sterilizers ensuring items are not compromised and stores in the correct location according to tracking system storage locations.
Position Requirements:
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.
- CRCST or CBSPDT certification required.
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to set priorities.
- Ability to take direction from others and provide information that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency on the unit.
- Ability to communicate well with Physicians, co-workers, etc.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility with assignments and schedule.
This job posting is not meant to be all inclusive but to provide an overview of the job responsibilities
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.
