Sterile Processing Tech Full-Time - Day shift 7a-3:30p

Hendricks Regional Health; Danville (IN); On-site; USD 33,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Hendricks Regional Health in Indiana is seeking a Central Sterile Technician to ensure clean, disinfected, and sterilized instruments and implants are delivered to hospital departments. You will assemble, label, and package instruments, maintain sterilization records, and support case carts for Surgery and Birth Center.

The role requires high school diploma and CRCST certification within one year, with a 7:00am-3:30pm shift and 40 hours per week in a hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Must complete CRCST certification within one year of employment.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization of all instruments, metal goods, and equipment.
• Assembling and packaging of instruments and implants with correct labeling.
• Safe operation of sterilization equipment (HIVAC, ultrasonic cleaner, Sterrad).
• Documentation of all sterilizer charts, records, and biological logs.
• Check, resupply, and dispense reusable sterile items to units.

Skills

Sterilization procedures

Documentation

Decontamination

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

CRCST certification within 1 year

Tools

HIVAC sterilizer

Ultrasonic cleaner

Sterrad

Job description

Job Summary :

Participates in the delivery of safe, quality patient care by providing clean, disinfected, sterilized instruments, implants, metal goods, and equipment to hospital departments. The Certified/Registered Central Sterile technician is also responsible for providing case carts to Surgery and ChildBirth Center and resupply and clean items to all units.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization of all instruments, metal goods, and equipment used for patient care.
• Assembling and packaging of all instruments and implants and assuring that they are correctly labeled and assembled.
• Responsible for safe operation of all equipment used for cleaning and sterilization. (i.e. HIVAC sterilizer, ultra sonic cleaner, eto, sterrad.
• Responsible for accurate and meticulous documentation of all sterilizer charts, record books, and biological records.
• Responsible for checking, resupplying and dispensing of reusable sterile and clean items to all units.
• Responsible for understanding and appropriately following the hospital-wide Body Substance/Standard Precautions, Respiratory & AFB isolation protocols and to be compliant with the minimal protective barrier requirements for tasks performed in Central Sterile.
• Responsible for loading and unloading all sterilizing and cleaning equipment to allow for proper steam or gas sterilization of all items.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education and Experience Required:

High School Diploma or equivalent

Must complete requirements and obtain Certified/Registered Central Sterile Technician (CRCST) within one year of employment.

Work Shift :

7:00am - 3:30pm (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40