Sterile Processing Supervisor

Intermountain Health; Murray (UT); On-site; USD 76,650,000 - 118,336,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health in Murray, Utah is seeking a Nights shift Sterile Processing Technician to oversee decontamination, assembly, sterilization and inventory for the hospital's surgical services.

You will work with OR staff, vendors and students to ensure quality and compliance across multiple specialties, while maintaining documentation and equipment readiness.

Qualifications

• Must hold Central Processing Certification from HSPA and show experience as a Sterile Processing Technician.
• Ability to perform decontamination, assembly, sterilization, packaging, and inventory tasks.

Responsibilities

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect surgical instruments across multiple specialties.
• Identify, assemble, wrap, label, and sterilize instruments per standard procedures.
• Perform sterilization tests and record results.
• Operate and maintain decontamination and sterilization equipment; troubleshoot when needed.
• Collaborate with OR staff and vendors to manage equipment and supplies.
• Lead in assigned area and precept students and new SPD Techs.
• Print and manage needs lists; issue sterile supplies across hospital campuses.

Skills

Communicate effectively

Customer Service

Vendor Relationships

Sterilization Techniques

Equipment Operations

Disinfecting

Sterilizing Equipment

Quality Control

Education

Central Processing Certification (HSPA)

Experience as Sterile Processing Technician

Tools

Sterile Processing Software

Job description

Job Description

This position is a HSPA certified technician, responsible for ensuring that all basic surgical supplies, instruments and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed and tracked in a quality / timely manner throughout the large-size hospital for basic procedures and all surgical specialties including higher acuity procedures (i.e. orthopedics, neuro, and vascular). Leads an assigned area (i.e. decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, case carts, or the center core) when required. Utilizes applications and technology to accurately facilitate record keeping in accordance with State and Federal regulations. May be required to work overtime based on business need, may be required to float to other departments (within the scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need, may be required to be placed on-call based on business needs.

Schedule

Nights

Full-time, Benefits Eligible

Essential Functions

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect surgical instruments in alignment with proficiencies of our education system in addition to basic medical procedures and all surgical specialties including higher acuity procedures (i.e. Orthopedics, neuro, and Vascular).
• Identify, Assemble, protect, wrap, contain, peel pack, label and sterilize surgical instruments in alignment with proficiencies of our education system in addition to basic procedures and 4+ surgical specialties including higher acuity procedures (i.e. Orthopedics, neuro, and Vascular).
• Perform, read, validate and record all biological and chemical sterilization tests and parameters before making equipment available for use.
• Perform and document daily and weekly testing of decontamination and sterilization equipment. Clean, troubleshoot and correctly use CP equipment.
• Collaborate with the Operating Room staff to manage errors and facilitate priority needs.
• Collaborate with medical equipment/instrumentation vendors to check-in, prepare, sterilize and check-out requested equipment/instrumentation. We will train and document the competencies to perform these duties independently and without close supervision.
• Have responsibilities outside of clinical operations for day-to-day work such as (education, ordering of instrumentation, sterile processing software management, management of implants, quality control, lead repair services, and manage preference cards).
• This position is expected to teach, train, orient and precept students and new SPD Techs. Will validate all the Sterile Processing proficiencies in our education system.
• Work with medical equipment/instrumentation vendors to check-in, prepare, sterilize and check-out requested equipment/instrumentation
• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures. Issue sterile supplies to areas of the hospital or regional campuses. Issue and receive durable, moveable clinical equipment.
• Perform inventory duties, such as locating, equipment and consumable products at your facility or other facilities and work with SCO to send items to the utilizing hospital or department when required.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and written with providers, caregivers, and vendors.
• Teach, train, orient and precept students and new SPD caregivers explaining concepts in addition to modeling correct and safe practice. Help validate all our basic competencies for Sterile Processing within our education system.
• Locate, read and perform a manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU).

Skills

• Communicate effectively both verbally and written
• Customer Service
• Vendor Relationships
• Sterilization Techniques
• Equipment Operations
• Disinfecting
• Sterilizing Equipment
• Quality Control

Minimum Qualifications

• Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association)
• Demonstrated experience as a Sterile Processing Technician

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Sterile Processing Department software
• CER or CIS certification through HSPA
• 1.5 years of sterile processing experience
• 2 years of sterile processing experience

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• May have the same physical requirements as those of clinical or patient care jobs, when the leader takes clinical shifts.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center

Work City

Murray

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

Hourly Range

$26.74 - $41.28

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn More About Our Comprehensive Benefits Package here.

All positions subject to close without notice.

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