What are the responsibilities and job description for the Central Sterile Processing Technician position at UPMC?
Explore a Rewarding Career at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC!
Are you passionate about patient care and seeking a career with ample growth opportunities? If so, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity today!
Why Choose Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC?
- We Care for Our Team: Beyond our competitive benefits package, we offer:
- Generous Sign-On Bonus: Up to $5,000 for Sterile Processing Techs with over 2 years of experience.
- Career Ladder: Growth opportunities for Central Sterile associates, providing professional challenges, promotional opportunities, and career enhancement.
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as the #1 “Best Place to Work for Women & Diverse Managers” by Diversity MBA Magazine for two consecutive years.
Position: Full-Time Central Sterile Processing Technicians
Why Central Sterile?
- Longevity and Stability: Central Sterile is a vital and stable career with long-term growth potential.
- Professional Growth: Enjoy a career ladder that offers continuous opportunities for advancement and skill development.
Join Our Team:
- Multiple Openings: We are looking for dedicated full-time Central Sterile Processing Technicians to join our team at Magee-Womens Hospital.
- Tailored Placement: Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary based on their individual experience and education.
Ready to make a difference in patient care and grow your career? Apply today and become a valued member of our team at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC!
Responsibilities:
- Prepares and assembles surgical tray and equipment following established tray listings for issue, storage, or further processing.
- Maintains a working knowledge of, and is able to effectively troubleshoot, all decontamination/sterilization equipment.
- 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.
- Monitors, reads, documents, and interprets all parameters for all types of sterilizers to ensure proper function.
- Develops and improves skills through initiative, attendance and participation at educational programs
- Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills.
- 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.
- Displays awareness of cost containment in the organization of work by using economy in time, motion and material.
- 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.
- Participates in performance improvement activities.
- Participates as a team member and is accountable for own work responsibilities.
- Cleans and decontaminates reusable equipment, instruments, and supplies, manually and mechanically.
Salary : $19 - $29
