PRN Certified Sterile Processing Technician

Atlas Healthcare Partners; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Retirement package

Job summary

Atlas Healthcare Partners seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to manage cleaning, decontamination, assembly and distribution of surgical instruments at Banner Surgery Center – Thunderbird. You will sterilize using autoclaves, ETO and gas plasma equipment, maintain logs, and ensure instruments are ready for procedures.

A strong mechanical aptitude and teamwork are essential. Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma or GED and BLS, with national SPD/CST certification or eligibility.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and BLS certification required.
• Current national certification as SPD Technician or CST or eligible for exam.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates, assembles and packages instruments per protocol and prepares replacement parts requests.
• Maintains clean environment and adheres to PPE and infection control practices.
• Identifies instruments for all specialties and assesses functionality.
• Operates steam autoclaves, ETO and Gas Plasma sterilizers with corresponding logs.
• Responds to OR requests and prioritizes instrumentation and equipment needs.

Skills

Sterilization

Decontamination

Instrument assembly

Mechanical aptitude

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

SPD/CST Certification or eligible

Tools

Autoclaves

ETO sterilizers

Gas Plasma sterilizers

Job description

Banner Surgery Center – Thunderbird is managed by Atlas Healthcare Partners. Conveniently located on the Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Campus, the surgery center offers exceptional care and outstanding customer service to patients and physicians in the West Valley of the Phoenix community. This ASC can be adaptable to all specialties and offers 7 operating rooms, 8 Preop bays and 18 PACU Bays. Banner Surgery Center – Thunderbird prides itself on its friendly and efficient environment ensuring that patients feel well cared for and their procedures are on time.

Atlas Healthcare and Banner Health have partnered to manage, operate and grow Banner Surgery Centers throughout the Southwest. As one of the fast-growing healthcare partnerships, our focus is to provide exceptional care and outstanding customer service to every patient, every physician, every time. All this while focusing daily on their company core values of Integrity, Culture, Teamwork, Respect, and Results. We provide top of the industry health and dental benefits with a matching retirement package. It’s a special working environment and one we believe you will greatly enjoy.

Position Summary

Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instruments including the cleaning, decontamination, instrument identification, assembly, packaging and distribution, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation.

Essential Functions

• Decontaminates, assembles and packages all instruments following established protocols as well as perform necessary repairs, reassembles and stores specialized surgical instruments. Prepares all order requests as necessary for replacement parts for instruments and additional equipment as necessary or upon request of physicians.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices. Staff will don proper Personnel Protective equipment (PPE), follows protocols for decontamination process referencing Instructions for Use (IFU) supplied by the manufacturers.
• Identifies instruments for all specialties and assures proper function. Follows protocol for repair or replacement of instruments that are not functioning properly. Assembles and packages all instrumentation and sets according to dept. protocol. Utilizes equipment according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and hospital policy.
• Operates steam autoclaves, ETO and Gas Plasma sterilizers. Maintains appropriate logs and records relating to the sterilization process, including the Ethylene Oxide Aeration Records, Sterilizer Load Records, and Biological Monitoring Records.
• Responds to problem calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigation. Determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests and other hospital needs. Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.

Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.

NOTE: The essential functions are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented as outlined by the incumbent's immediate manager.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or GED and BLS certification required. Requires current national certification as a SPD Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician or Surgical Instrument Processor and relevant experience with sterilizing instruments which qualifies the candidate for the national certification exam or certified registration. Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble, problem solve incomplete trays and missing instrumentation and have effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.