Cert Sterile Processing Tech

HCA Healthcare; Smyrna (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

401(k) Plan with 100% match on 3%–9%

Tuition and certification support

Fertility and family building support

Life insurance

Identity theft protection

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Physicians Pavilion Surgery Center, part of HCA Healthcare, seeks a Certified Instrument/Sterile Processing Tech to support patient care by ensuring properly cleaned, sterilized instruments and supplies. You will work under the direction of a Registered Nurse in a fast-paced environment across surgical services.

Responsibilities include instrument maintenance, sanitation, verifying sterilization methods, and logging cycles with adherence to standards.

Qualifications

• One year experience in surgical instrument sterilization processing in acute care or ambulatory surgery center environment.
• Valid BCLS Certification upon employment.
• Certification and knowledge of standards and recommended guidelines of AAMI and ASHCSP

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge related to maintenance, cleanliness, and sterilization of instruments and equipment.
• Maintain a sanitary environment for patient care.
• Demonstrate awareness of appropriate sterilization methods for different instruments per manufacturer instructions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of high-level disinfection and sterilization of endoscopy equipment.
• Maintain a daily log, test efficacy of disinfecting solution with each cycle and perform biological testing.
• Monitor and record test loads and sterilization cycles, documenting deviations to OR Coordinator/Nurse Manager
• Maintain an accurate log for equipment out for repair

Skills

Sterilization techniques

Education

BCLS Certification

AAMI/ASHCSP standards knowledge

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a Cert Sterile Processing Tech you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Physicians Pavilion Surgery Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As the Certified Instrument/Sterile Processing Tech, under the direction of a Registered Nurse, will contribute to the company’s mission and vision by assisting with the care of patients by providing properly cleaned, sterilized, highly disinfected instruments and supplies.

What you will do in this role

• You will demonstrate knowledge related to maintenance, cleanliness, and sterilization of instruments and equipment
• You will maintain a sanitary environment for the provision of patient care
• You will demonstrate awareness of appropriate sterilization methods needed for different instruments in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions
• You will demonstrate knowledge of high-level disinfection and sterilization of endoscopy equipment.
• You will maintain a daily log, testing for efficacy of disinfecting solution with each cycle and perform biological testing
• You will monitor and record all test loads and sterilization cycles while documenting any deviation from normal functioning to OR Coordinator and/or Nurse Manager
• You will maintain an accurate log for equipment out for repair

Qualifications for this role

• One year experience in surgical instrument sterilization processing, preferably in an acute care or ambulatory surgery center environment
• Valid BCLS Certification upon employment***online certification not acceptable
• Certification and knowledge of standards and recommended guidelines of Association of Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and American Society of Healthcare Central Service Professionals (ASHCSP)

Benefits

Physicians Pavilion Surgery Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Physicians Pavilion Surgery Center is located off I-24 in Smyrna, Tennessee. Our AAAHC accredited center averages over 200 cases a month. Services in dental, ENT, endoscopy, gastroenterology, gynecology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, plastics, podiatry and urology procedures. As a member of Surgery Ventures powered by HCA Healthcare, we follow our mission. Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.