Sterile Processing Technician

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  • King's Daughters Medical Center
  • Sterile Processing Department
  • Ashland, KY
  • Full Time - Days - Monday - Friday 10:00am-6:30pm
  • Support Services
  • Req #: 24563
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Summary

  • JOB SUMMARY
    • Responsible for cleaning, sterilizing and assembling equipment, supplies and instruments. 
  • DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 
    • Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
    • Cleans, sterilizes and assembles equipment, supplies and instruments. 
    • Decontaminates surgical instruments, container syringes, surgical linen and equipment. 
    • Prepares packs of supplies and instruments. 
    • Prepares control system for supplies processed. 
    • Places sterilized items in proper storage area after processing. 
    • Performs other assigned duties as needed.
    • Good mechanical aptitude, with ability to troubleshoot and work independently. 
    • Must have the ability to identify all surgical instruments immediately to respond to emergency situations which may develop in the Operating Room.
    • Must demonstrate competence in the assembly and preparation of complex instrument trays for a variety of surgical cases and do so in a minimal amount of time during urgent or emergency procedures.  (10-20 min. maximum).
  • EDUCATION/LICENSE/ CERTIFICATIONS/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
    • Minimum requirement:
      • High school graduate or GED equivalent.  
      • Operating Room Technician Program Completion, Sterile Processing Program Completion, or one year post operating room/central service experience
    • Preferred qualifications:
      • Obtain Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) and/or Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA), (CRCST) within one year of hire.
      • HSPA Certification of Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) within one year of hire
  • WORKING ENVIRONMENT
    • Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
    • Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection. 
    • Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
    • Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
    • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  • PHYSICAL DEMANDS
    • Frequently required to stand; walk; sit
    • Constantly use hands to finger, handle, or feel
    • Constantly reach with hands and arms: climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.
    • Frequently lift and or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
    • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
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