Certified Sterile Processing Tech – Fast-Paced OR Support

Texas Children's Medical Center; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is seeking a Certified Sterile Processing Technologist to handle instruments, supplies, and equipment for surgical procedures. You will support the circulating nurse and perform related patient care duties in an age-appropriate manner.

Ideal candidate will have completed externship hours for certification, knowledge of operating room instrumentation, and the ability to operate all sterilization equipment, with the capacity to work independently in a

Qualifications

• Externship hours completed for certification.
• Knowledge of wide variety of instrumentation used in the operating room throughout the hospital.
• Ability to operate all OR sterilization and processing equipment to prioritize and organize and to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Processes decontaminated medical devices as they are received, according to established priorities, medical device IFU’s and best practices.
• Receives instruments from the decontamination area and processes appropriately.
• Performs physical and environmental duties as designated on a routine daily basis, including cleaning workspace/instrument room/cabinets, disposing of biohazards waste, monitoring sterilizers, and checking environmental monitors.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including other essential instrument room duties.
• As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Skills

Externship hours

OR instrumentation

Sterile processing equipment

Education

High School Diploma or GED

CRCST

CSPDT

Job description

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is seeking a Certified Sterile Processing Technologist to handle instruments, supplies, and equipment for surgical procedures. You will support the circulating nurse and perform related patient care duties in an age-appropriate manner.

Ideal candidate will have completed externship hours for certification, knowledge of operating room instrumentation, and the ability to operate all sterilization equipment, with the capacity to work independently in a