Sterile Processing Technician Certified Casual

McLaren Health Care Corporation; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician in Michigan to support surgical services by decontaminating, sterilizing, and assembling instrument sets. You will work in a fast-paced hospital environment and contribute to patient safety.

Responsibilities include inspecting equipment, maintaining inventory, and ensuring compliance with infection control standards. A high school diploma and CBSPD certification within one year are required, with prior sterile processing experience

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course.
• Certification as CBSPD within one year from hire.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments and equipment.
• Assembles, wraps, labels and sterilizes instrument trays.
• Maintains inventory and distributes instruments as needed.
• Follows safety, infection control, and quality standards.

Skills

Sterile processing

Decontamination expertise

Sterilization procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CBSPD certification within 1 year from hire

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.

Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.

Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.

Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.

Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Required:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Completion of approved sterile processing course.

Certification required within one year from hire as certified by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).

Preferred:

Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Nicotine Testing - To provide a safe, healthy environment for our patients, employees and visitors, as of February 1, 2013 McLaren no longer hires individuals who use nicotine and will conduct nicotine testing during the pre-employment process. If the test is positive the offer will be rescinded. Individuals who test positive may re-apply for employment after six months.

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 26012065
• Daily Work Times: 7a to 730p, VST 7a to 11a
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.