What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Technician - Central Sterile Processing - Day/Evening position at WellSpan Health Services?
Schedule
Full time, Day/Evening Shift (80 hours biweekly)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 1:00pm - 9:30pm
Rotation: Every 10th weekend on call rotation / Holiday call
General Summary
Maintains recommended standards for set assembly, decontamination, inspection, containerizing and sterilization of surgical instruments. Performs sterilization, assembly and storage of medical supplies and equipment. Collaborates with the Perioperative Nursing staff to provide sterile instrument sets, equipment and case carts in an accurate and timely manner. May be assigned service-specific technical responsibilities, including collaborating with supervisor and Operating Room service line RN Coordinators to provide resources and services for service specific instrumentation, supplies and equipment. Assists in maintaining consistent and continuous workflow, providing superior customer service.
Essential Functions:
- Maintains instruments for service-specific specialties; collaborates with the CSP Supervisor and the O.R Service Line RN Coordinators (e.g., Open Heart, Neuro, Ortho, Thoracic, Vascular, GYN, GU, ENT, Eye, Dental, General, etc.)
- Communicates with materiels management via the Central Sterile Processing management team for procurement of instrumentation specific to assigned service.
- Coordinates with supervisor in order to maintain instrument sharpening/repair schedule for assigned service line instrumentation.
- Decontaminates instruments, supplies and equipment according to established policies and procedures.
- Cleans, assembles, wraps, containerizes, sterilizes and stores supplies and instrument trays.
- Sterilizes instruments, equipment and supplies as required; handles and stores instruments, equipment and supplies appropriately.
- Performs biological and chemical monitoring in accordance with quality assurance standards.
- Reviews the daily surgical schedule with CSP supervisor and obtains instruments, supplies and equipment for scheduled and emergent procedures.
- Assembles case carts; places instrument sets and supplies appropriately for each procedure cart.
Common Expectations:
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Participates in educational programs and inservice meetings.
- Mentors and orients CSP technician staff to department standard operating procedures as assigned.
- Attends meetings as required.
- Distributes supplies and equipment to units in a timely fashion.
- Maintains the cleanliness of work areas as required.
- Assumes role as charge technician as assigned
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
For more than 125 years, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital has provided leading-edge inpatient, outpatient, and emergent care to the Lebanon County community. One of eight premier hospitals in the WellSpan system, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital features an award-winning cardiac and vascular center, a certified Primary Stroke Center, and a wound care and hyperbaric medicine center, while providing a supportive continuum of care through our extensive WellSpan primary, specialty, ambulatory, and behavioral health care locations within the community. WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital is supported by the nearby WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center, Lebanon’s first and only integrated cancer center. WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital was one of several WellSpan Health hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for 2022-23.
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital serves as the cornerstone of care for a total population of nearly 142,000 residents living in the rural and urban mix of Lebanon County. A full-service, acute-care hospital, with a 163 licensed bed capacity, admitting approximately 7,000 patients annually. We offer open heart procedures, comprehensive cardiac care, total joint replacements, private labor and delivery birthing suites, robotic surgery, and emergency care.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
- High School Diploma or GED Required
Work Experience:
- 1 year Experience as a Certified Central Sterile Processing Technician. Required
Licenses:
- Certified Registered Central Service Technician Upon Hire Required or
- Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician Upon Hire Required and
- Certified Endoscope Reprocessor Upon Hire Preferred or
- Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor Upon Hire Preferred and
- Basic Life Support Upon Hire Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Excellent oral, written and computer skills.
- Proficiency in transporting and disposing of hazardous materials per hospital policy.
- Must have developed analytical decision making abilities.
- Must be capable of working in team environment with staff of varying backgrounds.
- Must also be able to work with Perioperative Nursing staff to coordinate processing of instrument sets to accommodate the daily O.R. case load.
Benefits Offered:
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Short-term disability
- Educational assistance
- Financial education and support, including DailyPay
- Wellness and Wellbeing programs
- Caregiver support via Weallthy
- Childcare referral service via Wellthy
