Medical Device Reprocessing Technician

Cencora | Pharma solutions; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Medical Device Reprocessing Technician to ensure the sterility of reusable medical devices. You will be responsible for decontaminating, cleaning, and maintaining medical instruments while providing training to co-workers and ensuring compliance with all policies. The role emphasizes patient care and requires effective communication and attention to detail.

Benefits

Extended health care

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 1 year experience in a fertility clinic is an asset.
• Understanding of confidentiality.
• Commitment to patient-centered, inclusive care.

Responsibilities

• Receive, sort, decontaminate, clean, and sterilize medical instruments.
• Document activities within the MDR area, ensuring inventory is up to date.
• Provide guidance and training to co-workers on MDR activities.

Skills

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Education

Sterile Processing Technician program

Provincial certification

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Job description

Are you someone who is compassionate, efficient, a team-player, and brings that “rock star” attitude to work with them?

Then come join us at Alberta Reproductive Centre (ARC) and become part of a family-oriented, forward-thinking organization with a state-of-the-art IVF laboratory. ARC provides a full range of fertility services including investigations, surgery, IUI, IVF, ICSI, pre-implantation genetic testing, egg/sperm freezing, and early prenatal support. We pride ourselves in one-on-one patient care and work with our patients to provide an individualized, unique care plan. Our staff and our patients come first!

We are located on the West End of Edmonton, conveniently just off the Anthony Henday.

As the Medical Device Reprocessing Technician you will use your knowledge of infection control principles and medical aseptic techniques to ensure the appropriate level of sterility of reusable medical devices and equipment entrusted to your care. You will ensure clean, disinfected, properly assembled and sterile and/or high level disinfected reusable medical devices and equipment are readily available to the entire clinic.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Receive, sort, disassemble, decontaminate, clean, assemble, wrap, sterilize and store instruments.
• Perform designated cleaning duties, restocks shelves, cupboards and carts according to established written policies/procedures
• Documenting and reporting on activities within the MDR area, including tracking and labelling as needed, as well as ensuring inventory is up to date by closely monitoring available equipment and restocking where necessary
• Familiarity with techniques, products and machinery used to safely decontaminate specialized instruments
• Providing clinical leadership, guidance, and applicable training to co-workers pertaining to MDR activities to ensure full compliancy to all relevant policies, procedures, and standards
• You have the physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
• Maintaining effective communication and working relationship with patients and ARC staff.
• Participating in a culture of patient safety by focusing on practices that reduce and eliminate prescription incidents as well as reporting and properly managing those incidents that do occur.
• Maintaining the utmost confidentiality with all patients.
• Abiding by and following ARC’s policies and procedures.

Qualification & Licensures

• Completed a recognized Sterile Processing Technician or a Medical Device Reprocessing program
• Provincial certification
• 1 year experience in a fertility centre is an asset
• BLS and ACLS certification
• Licensure with the CSA (Canadian Standards Association)

Experience, Skills & Abilities

• 1 year experience in a fertility clinic is an asset.
• Understanding of confidentiality, and a high degree of discretion.
• Effective communication skills both verbally and written.
• Ability to work as a team and individually.
• Excellent time management and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize, organize workload and plan independently.
• Excellent organization skills.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• Excellent computer skills.
• History of a pattern of good attendance and work performance.
• Commitment to patient centered, inclusive care.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Casual

Benefits:

• Extended health care
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person