Certified Sterile Processing Technician

HiredFirst; City of Geneva (NY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

HiredFirst is seeking a Central Sterile Technician to support the Surgical Services Department. Under the Nurse Manager, you will identify, decontaminate, process and sterilize surgical instruments, following orientation and established procedures.

You will operate sterilizers, washer decontaminators, and ultrasonic cleaners, maintaining accurate inventory and ensuring sterility for distribution to departments.

Qualifications

• Competency in identification, decontamination, processing and sterilization of surgical instruments.
• Has thorough understanding of processing equipment including sterilizers, washer decontaminators and ultrasonic cleaner.
• Follows a detailed orientation.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring proper operation within the department: communication, problem solving, and equipment testing, set up and maintenance of critical and non-critical supplies.
• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring that soiled instruments and equipment is decontaminated in a manner that prevents cross contamination
• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring a sterile product by properly assembling items and using appropriate packaging product in preparation of terminal sterilization
• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring sterility and high level disinfection are achieved by following the appropriate procedure
• Demonstrates function in maintaining inventory and appropriate storage of sterile and sanitized items ready for distribution to various departments upon request

Skills

Sterile processing

Instrument handling

Tools

Sterilizers

Washer decontaminators

Ultrasonic cleaner

Job description

Days, M-F, 5 x 8hr shifts; weekend CSP call Rotation one weekend every 5 weeks.

Central Sterile Technician requirement

Under the leadership of the Surgical Services Nurse Manager, demonstrates competency in identification, decontamination, processing and sterilization of surgical instruments. Has a thorough understanding of processing and sterilization of surgical instruments. Has a thorough understanding of processing equipment, including but not limited to, sterilizers, washer decontaminators and ultra sonic cleaner following a detailed orientation.

• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring proper operation within the department: communication, problem solving, and equipment testing, set up and maintenance of critical and non-critical supplies.
• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring that soiled instruments and equipment is decontaminated in a manner that prevents cross contamination
• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring a sterile product by properly assembling items and using appropriate packaging product in preparation of terminal sterilization
• Demonstrates independent function in ensuring sterility and high level disinfection are achieved by following the appropriate procedure
• Demonstrates function in maintaining inventory and appropriate storage of sterile and sanitized items ready for distribution to various departments upon request