Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) - Burnaby Hospital

Fraser Health Authority; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Employer-Paid Benefits

Up to 4 weeks vacation

Municipal pension plan

Maternity Top-Up 87%

TransLink Pass Subsidy

Employee discounts and perks

Job summary

Fraser Health Authority in Burnaby is seeking a dedicated Sterile Supply Processor to support the operating room and hospital services. You will decontaminate, sterilize and distribute instruments, and ensure timely availability of supplies for surgical and clinical teams.

Position requires completion of a Sterile Supply Processing program, Grade 12, and at least one year of related experience. The role offers hospital benefits and a collaborative, patient-focused team environment within Fraser

Qualifications

• Grade 12 and completion of a recognized Sterile Supply Processing program plus one year of related experience or an equivalent mix of education and training.
• Knowledge of surgical and medical terminology.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work with others.

Responsibilities

• Receives, decontaminates, sterilizes and distributes sterile supplies and instruments for the operating room and hospital areas.
• Prepares equipment and supplies for storage and distribution following established procedures.
• Operates departmental equipment including washers and sterilizers; reports malfunctioning equipment.
• Maintains stock and assists with inventory control and clerical duties.
• Participates in the department's quality assurance program and staff orientation.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Physical stamina

Equipment operation

Surgical terminology

Mathematical aptitude

Organization skills

Education

Grade 12

Sterile Supply Processing program

1 year relevant experience

Job description

Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $30.67 - $30.67 / hour

Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:

• Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
• New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine and mental health patients
• New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
• New acute care tower with 160 beds
• New medical imaging department
• New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology and plastics specialties.

We are committed to staff wellness and planetary health and have active working groups to support these initiatives. In addition, we value career advancement and offer professional development and education opportunities.

Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us include:

• Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
• Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
• Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
• TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
• Additional employee discounts and perks available

*Eligibility based on employment status

We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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Detailed Overview

Cleans, decontaminates, checks, tests, assembles, sterilizes and distributes supplies, instruments and equipment related to the Operating Room and other areas of the Hospital; performs related clerical duties.

Responsibilities

1. Receives, sorts, disassembles, decontaminates, cleans, assembles, wraps, sterilizes, and stores instruments, equipment and hospital supplies from all user areas.
2. Prepares equipment, instruments and supplies for storage and distribution by checking, testing, calibrating, assembling, packaging, wrapping and sterilizing according to established procedures.
3. Operates departmental equipment such as automated washers, cart washer, pasteurizer, ultrasonic washer, clean dryer, heat sealer, and sterilizers.
4. Reports and/or removes any malfunctioning equipment or instruments.
5. Issues and/or delivers supplies when requested. Maintains in conjunction with the Supervisor or Leader, departmental stock of supplies according to established procedures by checking against inventory levels.
6. Rotates stock and reprocesses outdated supplies according to departmental procedures.
7. Participates in routine maintenance of Department's equipment by cleaning, checking and testing sterilizers, mechanical washers and otherMDR equipment; cleans work and storage areas as required.
8. Participates in the Department's Quality Assurance Program.
9. Performs clerical duties such as assisting with recording of workload statistics on supplies and equipment dispatched from the department, answering the telephone, completing maintenance requisitions for signature, maintaining records, filing, and typing.
10. Participates in staff orientation as requested.
11. Picks supplies and instruments for surgical cases.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 12, plus successful completion of a recognized Sterile Supply Processing program, plus one year's recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Knowledge of surgical and medical terminology.
• Mathematical aptitude.
• Ability to organize work.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.