Instrument Equipment Tech Certified - FT Evenings

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Certified Instrument Equipment Technician to support infection control and sterile processing in our Louisiana facilities. You will clean, sterilize, store and decontaminate surgical instrumentation and operating room equipment following safety and regulatory standards.

Ideal candidates hold a High School Diploma or GED and CRCST certification (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association or CBSPD).

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED or equivalent required.
• CRCST or CBSPD certification highly preferred.
• Knowledge of sanitary and infection control standards.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prep surgical instrumentation, equipment, and supplies for use.
• Demonstrate aseptic technique and sterilization procedures in accordance with safety standards.
• Operate sterilization equipment and decontaminate, assemble, wrap instruments and supplies.
• Ensure equipment is in working order and available across departments.
• Follow hospital policies and infection control practices.

Skills

Aseptic technique

Infection control

Equipment decontamination

Sterilization processes

Education

High School Diploma / GED

CRCST certification (HC Sterile Processing)

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Job description

Your job is more than a job.

As a Certified Instrument Equipment Technician, you work behind-the-scenes, but you are a crucial part of our healthcare team. Reducing infections and supporting healthier outcomes for our patients is vital. Not everyone pays attention to the details like you do. You know that, and we need that.

Washing, flushing, cleaning, drying and sterilizing, you’re an infection control gatekeeper. Little germs create big issues, so you go the extra mile decontaminating and sterilizing surgical instrumentation and operating room equipment. We love the way you operate.

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, your empathy, compassion, personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to detailed and critical infection control role.

Your Everyday

• Identify surgical instrumentation, equipment, and supplies: clean, sterilize, and store properly.
• Demonstrate knowledge of applicable sanitary, infection control, and safety standards to perform all assignments within the safety parameters.
• Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique, decontamination methods, sterilization process, testing and equipment.
• Operate sterilization equipment, decontaminate, assemble and wrap appropriate instruments, supplies, and equipment.
• Ensure compliance with hospital established policies, quality assurance, safety and infection control policies and practices.
• Assess appropriate equipment and instruments needed for all departments and ensure all supplies are available and in working condition.
• Replace or repair instruments or equipment that are not working.
• Follow proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
• Process endoscopes, scopes and/or probes.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

• High School Diploma / GED or equivalent
• CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association or CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution)

Work Shift

Evenings (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.