What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Technician Lead position at Inova Health System?
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Sterile Processing Technician Lead to join the team! This role will be full-time (40 hrs/week) day shift working Monday to Friday from 9:30am-6:00pm working primarily in Endoscopy but may rotate to other locations on campus.We offer great pay based on experience, plus, don't forget about our other amazing benefits and perks!
Inova is consistently ranked as 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.
Inova 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, and more
Sterile Processing Technicians Lead Job Responsibilities:
- The Sterile Processing Tech Lead assembles complex trays and instrumentation accurately and efficiently.
- Prioritizes instruments and uses critical thinking skills to provide solutions for OR needs.
- Assumes leadership and supervisory role within the department.
- Decontaminates instruments in a safe and appropriate manner.
- Ensures sterility of all processed items.
- Maintain instruments and ensure timely distribution to all customers.
- Manages instrument inventory and ensures timely distribution of instruments to all customers.
- Trains others to be competent in all areas of sterilization.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: High School diploma, GED or equivalent
- Experience: Two-year Sterile Processing experience required.
- Certification CRCST or CBSPD certification from The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (CRCST) or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.