Sterile Processing Technician Non Certified

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, sterilize and assemble reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment. You will monitor wash solutions, sort and distribute instrument sets, and maintain inventory and supplies across sterile processing areas.

Qualified candidates have a high school diploma, completion of an approved sterile processing course and CBSPD certification within one year of hire.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate and sterilize instruments, medical supplies and equipment.
• Monitor wash solution quality for decontamination.
• Sort mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and make them available to sterile processing customers.
• Restock, label, and maintain inventory, submit requisitions, collect and distribute instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Perform environmental maintenance and assist in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and equipment storage areas.
• Verify that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and moves of defective equipment.
• Assist with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and infection control standards.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Skills

Sterile processing

Aseptic technique

Inventory management

Equipment operation

Quality control

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CBSPD certification within 1 year

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, 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 centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary:

P e r f orms a nd p a rti c ipat e sin de c ontamination, cl e a nin g , a ssembli n g , p a c k a gin g , s ca n nin g , ste r ili z a tion, stor a g e a nddistribution ofr e us a ble s ur g i c a l instrument a tion a nd e quipm e nt.

Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• D e c ontaminat e s a nd st e r i li z e sinstrum e nts, m e dic a l suppli e s a nd e quipm e nt, and a ssembles, w r a ps a nd st e rili z e s tr a y s of instrum e n ts. F ollows p r op e r st a n d a rd pr e ca utions whilein decontamination and st e riliz a tion a r e a s.
• 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.
• R e stocks, lab e ls, and m a i ntainsinv e nto r y , submits r e quisitions, c oll ec ts anddistribut e s instrum e nts, tra y s, c r a sh ca rts, a nd f acili t y m e dical equipment.

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

6. V e ri f ies th a t equipment f un c tions prop e r l y , r e qui s itions for e quipm e nt m a int e n a n ce , r e p a ir orr e pl a ce ment, a n d r e moves d e f ec tive e quipm e nt.

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

8. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

• 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.
• Actively enrolled in approved sterile processing course with defined completion date.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Demonstrates expertise in sterile service operations; including the ability to operate all processing equipment, perform required sterilization verification tests and maintain accurate records.
2. Demonstrates understanding and practice of aseptic technique, decontamination, processing and sterilization techniques, inventory and distribution, infection control and quality assurance as it relates to sterile processing services.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 9am-9:30pm, VST 7am-11pm
• On Call: Yes

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.

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.