Central Supply Tech - Full Time - Days

Crisp Regional Health Services; Cordele (GA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Crisp Regional Health Services in Cordele, GA seeks a Central Sterile Technician under the Director of Surgical Services to decontaminate, clean, assemble, package, sterilize, store and distribute reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment for peri-operative procedures.

The role collaborates with the healthcare team, assists with ordering and restocking supplies, reviews preference cards electronically, prepares used instruments for transport to the CS for decontamination, and maintains

Qualifications

• Education: high school diploma or GED and completion of a Surgical Technician program or LPN.
• Experience: up to one year of related work experience or equivalent education.
• Licensure/Certifications: Surgical Technician certification or state license; BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team with positive interpersonal communication with patients and staff.
• Provides direct support to nursing and technical staff in delivering quality care.
• Follows instructions from the department director and licensed nursing staff.
• Complies with CRHS safety, infection control and improvement initiatives.
• Prepares for scheduled and emergent cases, gathers and pulls supplies for cases.
• Collaborates to ensure up-to-date information on preference cards for quality outcomes.
• Tracks surgical product use to ensure accurate case charges.
• Decontaminates, cleans, sterilizes and prepares instruments and maintains records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Surgical Technician program or LPN

Job description

Position Summary Under the leadership of the Director of Surgical Services, the Central Sterile Technician is an active member of the department and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment. The Tech collaborates with the healthcare team providers to prepare for the peri-operative patient’s surgical procedures. The Tech assist with ordering and restocking of surgical suites with necessary supplies and reviews preference cards electronically providing up-to-date information that assists in achieving quality surgical outcomes for all cases. The Tech assists in preparing used instruments for transport to CS for decontamination, manual and automated cleaning and sterilization and adheres to all procedures for labeling trays for identification. The Central sterile tech maintains records for the processing of surgical instruments.

Position Summary Under the leadership of the Director of Surgical Services, the Central Sterile Technician is an active member of the department and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment. The Tech collaborates with the healthcare team providers to prepare for the peri-operative patient’s surgical procedures. The Tech assist with ordering and restocking of surgical suites with necessary supplies and reviews preference cards electronically providing up-to-date information that assists in achieving quality surgical outcomes for all cases. The Tech assists in preparing used instruments for transport to CS for decontamination, manual and automated cleaning and sterilization and adheres to all procedures for labeling trays for identification. The Central sterile tech maintains records for the processing of surgical instruments.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: Requires a high school diploma or a GED state certification and the successful completion of a Surgical Technician program or Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Experience: Requires up to one year of work related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Licensure, Registrations & Certifications: Requires and maintains a Surgical Technician certification or License by the State Board. (If Surgical Technician Certification is not current, it must be obtained within six (6) months of hire.) Requires and maintains a certification in Basic Life Saving (BLS). (If BLS certification is not current upon hire, it must be obtained within the orientation period).

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team with positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, co-workers, and staff from other departments of the organization.
• Provides direct support to the nursing and technical staff in the delivery of quality patient care.
• Follows the department director’s and licensed nursing staffs’ instruction and directions.
• Complies with CRHS and departmental safety, infection control, and performance improvement initiatives to ensure the delivery of quality care and services.
• Prepares for scheduled and emergent cases, gathers supplies for cases and pulls supplies for the next day’s cases.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team providers to be ready for the peri-operative patient’s surgical procedures and assists with timely room turnover.
• Orders and restocks surgical rooms with necessary supplies, as evidenced by staff and supervisor observation.
• Collaborates with the surgical staff to provide up-to-date information on preference cards that assists in achieving quality outcomes for all surgical cases.
• Assist in tracking of surgical product use to ensure accurate surgical case charges.
• Decontaminates and prepares used instruments for transport to CS for terminal cleaning and sterilization.
• Performs the sterilization of all instruments and equipment, prepares the sterile instrument trays and maintains the records of all related work.
• Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, physicians and other healthcare staff.
• Complies with CRHS and department safety, infection control and performance improvement initiatives to ensure the delivery of quality care and services.
• Presents a professional image to CRHS nursing and medical staff members.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.