QA Technician - Sterile Processing & Quality Improvement

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)/403(b) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a QA Tech to review assembled trays for accuracy of instrumentation and proper placement, ensuring readiness for processing. The role provides immediate feedback and coaching, with documentation in our system to track data and identify discrepancies.

The team may participate in hospital and departmental quality initiatives, education needs, and procedures to improve patient care.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Surgical Technologist required
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintains and audits review kits for accuracy and proper instrument functionality; ensures data entry into the system.
• Identifies and reports trends in kit errors and findings from SPM collation to leadership and monthly staff meetings
• Reviews and inspects case carts for accuracy and completeness; assists in creating missing or priority item lists.
• Provides immediate feedback and coaching to assemblers; identifies staff resistant to coaching and escalates to educators for targeted training
• Recognizes and documents staff who are unreceptive to feedback.
• Accurately reports all discrepancies and quality concerns.
• Supports enterprise-wide quality assurance programs and initiatives.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Education

High School Diploma

Surgical Technologist

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a QA Tech to review assembled trays for accuracy of instrumentation and proper placement, ensuring readiness for processing. The role provides immediate feedback and coaching, with documentation in our system to track data and identify discrepancies.

The team may participate in hospital and departmental quality initiatives, education needs, and procedures to improve patient care.