General Duty Sterile Processing Technician

Mosaic Life Care; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Mosaic Life Care in Missouri seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to ensure inventory, assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical supplies across hospital and clinics. Works with minimal supervision and maintains quality records.

Responsibilities include operating cleaning equipment, handling sterile supplies, selecting sterilization methods, documenting loads and biological tests, tracking supplies, and cleaning biomedical equipment.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma; self-motivated; able to work independently with minimal supervision; detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Operates and troubleshoots cleaning equipment while maintaining safety standards.
• Properly handles and stores sterile supplies, equipment, and instruments.
• Selects appropriate sterilization methods. Follows correct sterilization principles.
• Documents and verifies sterilization loads and biological tests to determine efficacy.
• Retrieves, disburses and tracks medical and surgical supplies and equipment to the customer in a timely manner.
• Cleans various Biomedical equipment for patient use.
• Travel between system facilities and off-site locations as needed.

Education

H.S. Diploma

Job description

Job Description

Works under the supervision of the Manager–OR and/or Director – OR\SPD. This position is responsible for ensuring that all surgical supplies, instruments and equipment are properly inventoried, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed and tracked in a quality/timely manner throughout the hospital and clinics. Works independently with little supervision. Performs appropriate quality control testing and record keeping as recommended.

Responsibilities

• Operates and troubleshoots cleaning equipment while maintaining safety standards.
• Properly handles and stores sterile supplies, equipment, and instruments.
• Selects appropriate sterilization methods. Knows and follows correct principles of sterilization.
• Properly documents and verifies sterilization loads and biological test to determine the efficacy of the sterilization process.
• Retrieves, disburses and tracks medical and surgical supplies and equipment to the customer in a quality/timely manner.
• Cleans various Biomedical equipment for patient use.
• Anticipates required instrument needs for cases due to surgeon and procedure preference cards.
• Maintains work flow by putting away sterile items, retrieving items from return cart and wrapping items for sterilization.
• Monitors the cart wash and instrument wash to keep work flow moving.
• Answers phone and door and pull case carts as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• H.S. Diploma - Self-motivated, able to work independently with minimal supervision and has great attention to detail oriented work. - Required

Work Experience

• Responsible for maintaining continuing education requirements as needed per department requirements - Required

Licenses and Certifications

• Upon Hire

Travel Requirements

• Must be able to travel between various system facilities and off-site locations as needed. - Required

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Essential Technical/Motor Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Essential Physical Requirements

Essential Mental Abilities

Essential Sensory Requirements

Exposure to Hazards

Other Skills And Abilities

ABOUT US

Mosaic Life Care is a health care system in northwest Missouri. With a vision of transforming community health by being a life-care innovator, Mosaic places the holistic needs of patients first by providing the right care at the right time and place, offering high value and quality health care. Mosaic has a wide array of benefits to meet each employee’s individual needs. Our benefits were designed by listening to people just like you. Mosaic also offers several perks with a focus on ensuring our employees feel valued, including concierge services, employee lounge, wellness programs, free covered parking, free on-site and virtual health clinics and many more. When paired with compensation and recognition, it is what continues to make us the employer of choice for employees at any stage of their journey.