What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Technician 2 position at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital?
Fair Oaks Hospital – Sterile Processing | Sterile Processing Technician 2 | Full Time: Evenings and Weekends
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
- Decontaminates instruments in a safe and appropriate manner.
- Unloads case carts, checking all items for red tags.
- Properly sorts instrumentation and selects the proper processing mechanisms (manual and mechanical) to ensure the integrity of and prevent damage to the items.
- Prepares instrumentation for the decontamination process, including flushing lumens, exposing all surfaces, and properly loading washers.
- Operates washer/decontaminators, cart washers, sonic washers, and all other equipment in the decontamination area.
- Utilizes instrument tracking computer software to document all functions in the decontamination area.
- Assembles instrumentation accurately and efficiently.
- Locates missing instrumentation and replaces repaired/ordered instrumentation in sets.
- Maintains stock levels in the assembly area.
- Loads items to be sterilized on the loading cart and records them on the load cart, adding a biological test to each load.
- Utilizes instrument tracking computer software to document all functions in the instrument assembly area.
- Inspects instruments and ensures that they are free from bio-burden and in proper working condition prior to assembling sets according to count sheets.
- Ensures sterility of all processed items.
- Selects the proper mode of sterilization for all items.
- Ensures the presence of all required chemical and biological indicators.
- Operates all sterilization equipment (Steam Sterrad, Steris).
- Validates sterilization process by reading, interpreting, and documenting all chemical and biological indicators.
- Utilizes instrument tracking computer software to document all functions related to sterilization.
- Maintains instruments inventory and ensures timely distribution of instruments to all customers.
- Maintains par levels of all individual items, instrument sets, procedure trays, and MSET boxes.
- Properly stores or distributes items ensuring that each item has been properly labeled and sterilized.
- Responds professionally and efficiently to all routine and urgent customer requests.
- Utilizes instrument tracking computer software to document all functions related to storage and distribution Manages instrument inventory and ensures timely distribution of instruments to all customers.
- Prioritizes instruments.
- Distinguish one-of-a-kind trays.
- Distinguish trauma trays (Stryker, Synthes, etc.)
- Assembles complex trays.
- Assemble CVOR trays, loaner trays, ortho/neuro, vascular.
- Prioritizes trays coming out of the washer based on the red tag board.
- Assumes a leadership role within the department.
- Works collaboratively with all customers to problem-solve issues that arise on a day-to-day basis Teaches, mentors, and precepts new employees. Identifies cost and quality opportunities and brings them to the attention of the manager.
- Participates in the quality process.
- Acts as a resource to peers and oversees departmental operations in the absence of the coordinator/manager.
- Continually assesses and proactively manages department workload and coordinates resources to meet priorities.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
- Certification - Certified Registered Central Service Technician Upon Start CRCST or CBSPD certification; Certification from The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (CRCST) or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).
- Experience - One-year Sterile Processing experience required.
- Education - High School or GED
Salary : $5,250
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