What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Sterile Processing Tech PRN position at USPI?
Palm Beach International Surgery Center - Paley Institute is hiring a Certified Sterile Processing Tech, PRN
Welcome to Palm Beach International Surgery Center-Paley Institute
At Palm Beach International Surgery Center, we believe health and care are inseparable. Our mission is to care for every patient and their family as if they were our own. Each patient, each family, each and every time. Our technology allows surgeons to perform procedures in the specialty areas of: General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology and Retina, Pain Management, and Urology.
Job Summary:
These important job-specific job duties for these technicians may include:
- Cleaning and sterilizing equipment
- Packaging and/or preparing equipment for use
- Operating medical equipment as needed
- Inspecting medical equipment for functionality and sterilization
- Maintaining inventory of medical equipment
- Ensuring medical procedure rooms are sterile
- Organizing medical equipment
- Transporting prepared equipment
- Recording test results for sterilization
- Using and maintaining autoclaves for sterilization
Required Skills:
- Must be a Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 2-3 years experience as Instrument Room Technician.
- Experience with all types of sterilizers.
- Knows operating room instrumentation.
- Organized in setting up operating room instrument tray.
- Understands operation of steam/ gravity sterilizer.
- Understands Sterrad sterilizers.
- Ability to prepare reports and keep records.
- Familiarity with medical terminology and departmental supply items is required.
