Central Sterile Processing Associate

Full-Time Night Central Sterile Processing Technician
Location: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Schedule: 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM, with rotating every other weekend and one winter and one holiday obligation.

Shift Schedule:

• Three 12-hour shifts: 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM
• Days: Sunday, Monday, and Thursday

Orientation:

• Duration: 10-12 weeks
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• The three 12-hour shifts will commence after the completion of the orientation period.

About the Role: Join our high-paced team environment as a Central Sterile Processing Technician. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting our surgical unit by ensuring the sterilization and preparation of surgical instruments and equipment. Your efforts will directly facilitate the needs of our surgical patients, contributing to their care and recovery.

Perks:

• Join us and take advantage of our career ladder opportunities within a dynamic and supportive team environment
• Sign-On Bonus of $5k for externals with 2 years of sterile processing experience

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dynamic and supportive team.
• Engage in meaningful work that impacts patient care.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

If you are detail-oriented, dedicated, and ready to make a difference, we encourage you to apply!

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques. Continuously improves the quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the integration of research and best practices into daily work. Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system.
• Practices solid verbal and written communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in unit practices Documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Demonstrates critical thinking in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work. Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with colleagues. Disseminates new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication. Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and impairment. Demonstrates accountability to self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyles.
• Demonstrates interest in the development of others and positively impacts the lives of patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing. Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and beyond the clinical unit/department.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives. Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines. Shows the ability to set priorities.
• Conforms and adheres to department policies concerning decontamination, sterile processing, infection control and safety.
• Cleans and decontaminates reusable equipment, instruments, and supplies, manually and mechanically.
• Prepares and assembles surgical tray and equipment following established tray listings for issue, storage, or further processing.
• Monitors, reads, documents, and interprets all parameters for all types of sterilizers to ensure proper function.
• Maintains a working knowledge of, and is able to effectively troubleshoot, all decontamination/sterilization equipment.
• Assesses supplies required for prescribed standard surgical procedures and sets up case carts. Maintains inventory, collects, disassembles, inspects, cleans, disinfects and reassembles all instrument trays patient care equipment.
• Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills.
• Displays awareness of cost containment in the organization of work by using economy in time, motion and material.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Develops and improves skills through initiative, attendance and participation at educational programs
• Participates as a team member and is accountable for own work responsibilities.
• Demonstrates UPMC's commitment to the Core Values by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as may be required to meet emergency situations
• *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
• *Performs other duties as assigned.