Sterile Processing Tech I — Essential OR Support

hhccareers; New Britain (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare's Hospital of Central Connecticut is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to perform decontamination, instrument assembly, packaging, and sterile processing duties, supporting peri-operative services and ensuring high-quality sterile products. You will work under supervision, meet safety standards, handle case carts, sterilization steps, inventory, and documentation.

Requires a High School Diploma and CBSPD CRCST or CRCST certification; English proficiency and ability to

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year experience in Sterile Processing Services preferred.
• Current Sterile Processing Distribution Technician Certification (CBSPD) or CRCST from IAHCSMM required.
• Ability to read, write and speak English.

Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate instrumentation for surgical procedures according to scheduled and anticipated demand.
• Demonstrates ability to manage and execute case cart picking function. Utilizes proper forms and procedures.
• Retrieves case carts from Operating Room and delivers to the decontamination area. Retrieves clinical floor sets from Labor and Delivery and all clinical floors.
• Performs Steam, Sterrad sterilization and is able to disinfect flexible scopes in the Steris unit in a timely and accurate manner ensuring strict adherence to all documented requirements.
• Performs decontamination of medical-surgical instrumentation and equipment accordance to department policies, infection prevention guidelines and manufacturer’s written instructions.
• Efficiently and accurately inspects, assembles, packages and wraps instruments and supplies in preparation and packaging area of Central Sterile Supply according to priority needs and daily assignments.
• Delivers medical-surgical instruments and supplies to patient care areas and the Operating Room Surgical Suites. Stocking of linen and clinical floor sets on clinical floors.
• Adherence to Safety Standards, Blood and Bodily Fluid Precautions and Hand Washing. Strictly follows the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) standards including theAssociation of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) standards.
• Takes Inventory on all Clinical Floors and OR and replenishes medical-surgical supplies by par level.
• Perform other related duties as required

Skills

English proficiency

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Hartford HealthCare's Hospital of Central Connecticut is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to perform decontamination, instrument assembly, packaging, and sterile processing duties, supporting peri-operative services and ensuring high-quality sterile products. You will work under supervision, meet safety standards, handle case carts, sterilization steps, inventory, and documentation.

Requires a High School Diploma and CBSPD CRCST or CRCST certification; English proficiency and ability to