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Form of workTo provide operational functions including instrument processing and terminal sterilization for various departments and entities throughout the healthcare system.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High school graduate or equivalent (GED) required.
Experience: Two years experience in preparation, decontamination and sterilization of instrumentation preferred.
Licensure/Certification: Certification in Sterile Processing required. A qualified candidate must be a Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) from IAHCSMM preferred or SPD Technician Certification (CSPDT) from CBSPD.
Primary Source Verification: https://www.sterileprocessing.org/verify.html or http://www.iahcsmm.org/portal/TempHRverification.html
Knowledge/Skills: Attention to detail. Familiarity with computers and various computer programs. Respectful of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment. Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a team inter and intra departmentally. Able to communicate clearly and concisely. Demonstrates ability to use the instrument tracking system or preference sheet system for proper tracking and set preparation. Able to interpret and apply professional guidelines/standards (AAMI/AORN). Able to identify problems and recommend solutions/application of critical thinking. Able to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations. Able to organize and prioritize multiple tasks quickly in a fast-paced environment.
Other: Participates in maintaining proper inventory levels of supplies and instruments in all areas of the department. Participates in department’s performance improvement initiatives. Maintains current knowledge and pursues professional growth and development to include certification or maintenance of certification. Demonstrates a clear understanding of all sterilization control measures and ensures documentation is complete, accurate, and presentable. Performs all assigned duties in decontamination area. Demonstrates knowledge of techniques, procedures, and correct use of equipment and personal protective equipment. Maintains OSHA standards of care and guidelines. Performs all assigned duties while in the assembly and packaging area. Inspects, assembles, and wraps instrument sets according to policy and recommended procedures. Reports instrument/equipment malfunction to shift leader or manager. Takes responsibility for ensuring that loaner sets are available and sterile as required.
Contacts: Constant interaction with internal and external customers to include (but not limited to) physicians and employees.
Work Demands/Environment:
Degree of physical exertion is moderate. Frequent standing, walking, bending, crouching, stooping. Intermittent lifting, moving or carrying up to 50 lbs; pushing or pulling up to 100 lbs. Frequent use of finger/hand dexterity. Constant reaching with hands/arms. Frequent talking and listening. Requires a keen sense of vision (with or without correction) necessary for close inspection and attention to minute details and small objects. Requires the ability to quickly detect and react to slight motions and/or the ability to accurately distinguish colors. Requires the ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously. It is highly likely that multiple task demands are going to be required of the individual at the same time. A large portion of this position requires reliance on verbal memory and new learning. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form, is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job. The individual must be able to attend to and process multiple bits of information simultaneously. The individual must be able to organize and categorize this information effectively so that later recall is feasible. Able to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time, according to set procedures, sequence or pace. Able to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting. Able to work under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job. Able to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations. Position involves frequent exposure to the following elements: blood and body fluids, biohazards waste, excessive/loud noise, and dangerous moving/rotating machinery. Position involves continuous exposure to the following elements: high pressure steam/gas and hot materials. Position involves occasional exposure to the following element: contaminated needles/sharps. Position involves seldom exposures to the following element: hazardous gas/chemical fumes or liquids. Requires work under stressful conditions, deadlines, or irregular hours. Will be required to take call and/or work weekends/holidays based on the needs of the department.
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