Certified Instrument Technician - Atrium Health University City Main FT

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Charlotte is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to ensure the safety and quality of surgical instruments. The role involves decontaminating, assembling, and sterilizing instruments while adhering to strict safety standards. Candidates must have a high school diploma and relevant certifications. This position requires working in patient care areas under stressful conditions, with physical demands including lifting and continuous standing.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Certified Sterile Processing Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required.

Responsibilities

• Ensures surgical instruments are decontaminated, assembled, inspected, and sterilized.
• Performs efficacy and quality testing for all processes and equipment.
• Packages and labels instrumentation following standards.

Skills

Safety Standards

Quality Testing

Cleaning Techniques

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certified Sterile Processing Technician (CSPDT)

Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)

Job description

Overview

Job Summary

Ensures surgical instruments and equipment are decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked based on quality and infection prevention standards.

Essential Functions

• Adheres to safety standards.
• Identifies, responds & reports malfunctions and/or alarms.
• Performs efficacy and quality testing for all processes and equipment.
• Identifies manual and/or mechanical cleaning according to the manufacturer’s IFU for all general, laparoscopic, orthopedic, neuro, cardiovascular, power, instrumentation.
• Performs flexible scope processing utilizing High Level Disinfection (HLD).
• Determines, prepares, and uses supplies required in the assembly process.
• Identifies, inspects, assembles general & specialty instruments checking for cleanliness & functionality utilizing count sheets.
• Packages and labels instrumentation following standards.
• Safely determines sterilization equipment functionality, operation, monitoring, and maintenance with verification and documentation of sterilization process.
• Performs high temperature (steam) and low temperature (gas plasma, ethylene oxide, liquid chemical) sterilization.

Physical Requirements
Works in-patient care areas independently under stressful conditions. Continuous standing and walking; bending and/or stooping; reaching and/or stretching; pushing and/or pulling heavy loads. Ability to lift to 40 lbs.

Education, Experience and Certifications.
High school diploma or equivalent required. Certified Sterile Processing Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required.