Sterile Process Tech PRN Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Vanderbilt Health; Lebanon (TN); Sur place; USD 35 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Vanderbilt Health in Tennessee is seeking a Central Processing Technician to decontaminate, clean, package and sterilize instruments and equipment used in hospital procedures. You will also maintain documentation and support sterile processing operations to ensure patient safety.

The role involves variable shift hours based on volume and requires adherence to infection control standards within a high-demand healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today.

Responsabilités

• Decontaminates and cleans instruments for the operating room
• Assembles instrument sets to be used in procedures
• Sterilization of instruments
• Adheres to practices and policies outlined to ensure patient safety and follows infection control standards

Description du poste

Discover Vanderbilt Health : With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region's largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you'll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization:

Central Sterile

Job Summary:

The Central Processing Technician decontaminates, cleans, packages and sterilizes all instruments/equipment and other supplies used in the hospital. He/she also maintains appropriate documentation.

Shift Info:

Variable depending on volume

Key Responsibilities:

• Decontaminates and cleans instruments for the operating room
• Assembles instrument sets to be used in procedures
• Sterilization of instruments
• Adheres to practices and policies outlined to ensure patient safety and follows infection control standards

Technical Capabilities:

• - Inventory Control (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of inventory control in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering results without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate by setting the example, giving instruction, providing leadership, and generally raising the level of performance of others while on the job.
• - Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of the equipment and related devices. Has solid knowledge of performance criteria. Able to use the equipment to accomplish advanced tasks associated with the specific devices. Easily resolves equipment problems.
• - Equipment Maintenance (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of preventive maintenance in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully maintaining equipment, products, or systems without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to conduct predictive maintenance on core products and equipment.
• - Environmental Sterility & Safety (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of environmental sterility and safety in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering environmental sterility and safety services without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate by setting the example, giving technical instruction, providing leadership, and generally raising the level of performance of others while on the job.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health's reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job.
• Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.

Core Capabilities :

• Supporting Colleagues : Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
• - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
• - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services:
• - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
• - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
• - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality:
• - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
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