Sterile Processing Tech-PRN-VUH

Montgomery College; Nashville, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to support centralized sterile services in Nashville. You will sterilize, decontaminate, assemble, and distribute instruments and supplies used across the hospital.

Responsibilities include maintaining a safe work environment, following regulatory guidelines, and documenting quality control checks to ensure high standards of patient care. Experience in sterilization and inventory management is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• CT eligible certifications preferred (CPD/CSTS).
• Experience in sterile processing environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean, and orderly work environment.
• Receives, cleans and decontaminates supplies and equipment.
• Performs, documents and monitors quality control checks.
• Receives and inventories supplies and equipment.
• Prepares instrumentation for sterilization per procedures.
• Operates departmental equipment safely and effectively.
• Assembles instrumentation according to procedures.

Skills

Sterile processing

Inventory control

Quality control

Safety compliance

Equipment maintenance

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certified Sterile Processing Technician

Certified Registered Central Service Technician

Job description

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

CSP VUH (2nd)

Job Summary

Provides a continuous flow of sterile/reusable supplies, equipment and surgical instrumentation which require centralized collection, disinfection, inspection, assembly, preparation, sterilization and monitoring to hospital areas with occasional guidance. Provides these services through knowledge and implementation of regulatory guidelines and designated policies and procedures.

Shift Info

As needed, more specifically could be second shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains work environment in a safe, clean, orderly manner.


• Receives, cleans and decontaminates supplies and equipment with departmental policies.


• Performs, documents and monitors all quality control tools.


• Receives and inventories departmental supplies, instrumentation and equipment.


• Prepares instrumentation and equipment according to recommended procedures and techniques in preparation for sterilization.


• Operates all departmental equipment safely and effectively.


• Scans instrumentation and assembles, according to prescribed procedures and techniques.


• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

Equipment Maintenance (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to maintain equipment, products, or systems in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Assures that parts inventory is sufficient.

Environmental Sterility & Safety (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate environmental sterility and safety in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally, works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.

Inventory Control (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate inventory control in practical applications of moderate difficulty.

Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Novice): Knowledge of the specific equipment and its performance criteria, capabilities and limitations. Able to use the equipment to accomplish basic tasks associated with the specific devices. May conduct remedial maintenance and preventive maintenance.

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

• Performes Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.


• Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.

Managing Resources Effectively

• Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.


• Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.


• Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.

Fostering Innovation

• Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.


• Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.


• Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications

Certifications

• Certified Registered Central Service Technician - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association


• Certified Sterile Processing Technician - The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc

Work Experience

Relevant Work Experience Experience Level : Less than 1 year

Education

High School Diploma or GED

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.

EOE/Vets/Disabled.

PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO. Great health care takes great people.

We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference.

We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and an expanding footprint across towns and communities throughout the region. We employ more than 43,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research and graduate medical education. Our employees also serve in critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fundraising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many other departments.

Our growing academic health system has more than 2,100 licensed hospital beds at eight hospitals: Vanderbilt University Hospital Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Vanderbilt Health is the Mid-South's largest provider of specialty care, with hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region, and Tennessee’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center for adults and children. We are one of the nation’s busiest critical care centers, home to Middle Tennessee’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Burn Center for adults and children, and Middle Tennessee’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We are the nation’s largest transplant center, and last year we performed the most heart transplants than any center worldwide. Vanderbilt Health is an epicenter for biomedical research, winning over $1 billion in annual research awards from government, industry, foundations and donors. We are also a national leader in medical training and education, with the largest clinical training center in the Mid-South and the only training center in Tennessee for many adult and pediatric specialties. We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals for quality, safety and patient satisfaction. Three of our hospitals — Vanderbilt University Hospital, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — have been awarded a Five-Star Quality Rating from Medicare. We support each other and encourage excellence among every member of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth opportunities, competitive compensation and benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. Join us in advancing health care.

Our vision: The world leader in advancing personalized health

Our mission: Personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities