Certified Central Sterile Technician

Altru Health; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 27,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

401(k)

Dental plan

Vision plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Education assistance

PTO

Job summary

Altru Health in Grand Forks, ND is seeking a Technician III in Central Sterile Department. This full-time role involves instrument reprocessing, decontamination, sterilization, and assembly to strict standards, with potential cross-training in supply management.

The Technician IV role offers progression after six months with leadership opportunities. Responsibilities include organizing instrument flow, communicating with operating rooms, performing QA checks, and ensuring recalls and variances

Qualifications

• Certification in surgical instrument reprocessing is required.
• Ability to perform decontamination, sterilization and instrument assembly to standards.
• Willingness to cross-train in additional supply management areas.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize duties to meet department standards.
• Document and communicates information as required.
• Assemble, disassemble, and distribute instruments per standards.
• Perform decontamination and sterilization procedures with QA checks.
• Coordinate instrument turnaround and support OR communications.
• Respond to emergencies with supplies and carts.

Skills

Surgical instrument reprocessing

Instrument sterilization

Decontamination procedures

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Decontamination equipment

Job description

Everything we do is underscored by a why - and that why is one another.

Location:

Altru Hospital 1200 South Columbia Road Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $19.76 - $29.64

Summary:

The Technician III holds a certification in surgical instrument reprocessing and demonstrates competency in performing core duties; Surgery Instrumentation Case Build, Instrument and Equipment Decontamination, Instrument Sterilization, and Surgical Instrument Assembly. Technician may be trained in additional areas of supply management and scope reprocessing. Technicians work as a team to assure all instruments and supplies are ready and available for surgical and procedural patient care. Technicians may complete advanced education and training to advance to Technician IV. The Technician IV, OR Liaison, is the Shift Lead in Central Sterile Department. Advancement available for consideration after six months working as a Technician III and demonstration of required leadership skills. This individual coordinates communication and requests to and from the operating rooms, coordinates instrument turnaround and throughout within the department for the shift, problem solves issues, functions as a resource for the team and manages emergent situations. This can also include cross-training to OR Core Tech duties in surgery. The salary range for this level would be from $21.79 - $32.68 USD Hourly.

This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week with rotating shifts, every third weekend required.

Essential Job Functions:

• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize job duties and requirements to meet standards.
• Documents and communicates all information as required.
• Holds certification in surgical instrument reprocessing, demonstrating competency in performing duties in the following areas.
• Assembles and distributes instruments according to standards. Completes instrument management, including emergency carts.
• Performs instrument, equipment, and non-lumen or single channel scope decontamination procedures according to standards. Operates all decontamination equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks to standards.
• Performs instrument sterilization procedures according to standards. Operates all sterilization equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks, ensuring all recall and collection variances are completed per standards.
• Inspects, inventories, assembles, and packages simple and complex surgical instruments and sets for sterilization.
• May perform duties and be trained in the following additional areas.
• Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management.
• Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies.
• Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management, including receiving, back orders, etc. Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies. Responds to emergency events with supplies and carts to standard.
• Processes patient use supply charges and credits. Completes audits of charge processes. Performs all inventory processes and functions as resource, including surgical special orders and implant fulfillment.
• Assembles and distributes surgical supplies and instrumentation to standards. Completes instrumentation management. Inventories and process discrepancies in surgery cases. Oversees department instrument flow and coordinates with surgery department.
• Performs decontamination and disinfection of complex, multi-channel scopes without elevator mechanisms. Performs high level disinfection of semi-critical and critical instrumentation.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Certification:

• Certified Registered Central Services Technician | Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
• Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician | Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

Notes:

• May be certified with HSPA or CBSPD

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Language Requirements:

This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.

Physical Demands:

• Sit: Rarely (1-4%)
• Stand: Continuously (67-100%)
• Walk: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Rarely (1-4%)
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Frequently (34-66%)
• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Light (10-20 pounds)
• Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Not Applicable
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R8261

Making a real difference. For one another.

To take the best care of our patients and community - including friends, family, and neighbors - we need people who are committed to growth, excellence, and one another.

At Altru, you'll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You'll have opportunities to advance your skills, work with the latest technologies, experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back, and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.

Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan, vision plan, life and disability insurance, education assistance, paid time off (PTO) Location/Region: Grand Forks, ND