Sterile Processing Technician - PRN

100 LCMC Health; United States; Remote; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

100 LCMC Health is seeking a dedicated Sterile Processing Technician to ensure infection control through the cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments. This part-time role at Lakeside Hospital requires attention to detail and knowledge of aseptic techniques, vital for supporting patient outcomes. Join us in our mission to deliver extraordinary healthcare and be a critical part of our healthcare team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 2 years of work experience in equipment sterilization or as an Instrument or Operating Room Aide/Tech is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, clean, sterilize, and store surgical instruments and equipment.
• Demonstrate knowledge of sanitary and infection control standards.
• Operate sterilization equipment and ensure compliance with safety policies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Knowledge of aseptic technique

Infection control practices

Education

High School Diploma/GED or equivalent

2 years of work experience in equipment sterilization

Job description

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Sterile Processing Technician - PRN

Apply locations Lakeside Hospital time type Part time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id JR0023122

Your job is more than a job.

As an Instrument Equipment Technician, you work behind-the-scenes, but you are a crucial part of our healthcare team. Reducing infections and supporting healthier outcomes for our patients is vital. Not everyone pays attention to the details like you do. You know that, and we need that.

Washing, flushing, cleaning, drying and sterilizing, you’re an infection control gatekeeper. Little germs create big issues, so you go the extra mile decontaminating and sterilizing surgical instrumentation and operating room equipment. We love the way you operate .

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, your empathy, compassion, personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to detailed and critical infection control role.

Your Everyday

• Identify surgical instrumentation, equipment, and supplies: clean, sterilize, and store properly.

• Demonstrate knowledge of applicable sanitary, infection control, and safety standards to perform all assignments within the safety parameters.

• Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique, decontamination methods, sterilization process, testing and equipment.

• Operate sterilization equipment, decontaminate, assemble and wrap appropriate instruments , supplies, and equipment.

• Ensure compliance with hospital established policies, quality assurance, safety and infection control policies and practices.

• Assess appropriate equipment and instruments needed for all departments and ensure all supplies are available and in working condition.

• Replace or repair instruments or equipment that are not working.

• Follow proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.

• Process endoscopes, scopes and/or probes.

The Must-Haves

Minimum:

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent OR 2 years of work experience in equipment sterilization or Instrument or Operating Room Aide or Tech

WORK SHIFT:

Evenings (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.
Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

Lakeside Hospital has a heritage rooted in extraordinary care for women and babies, while evolving to meet the healthcare needs of the whole family. As an essential part of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, Lakeside Hospital brings a new level of expert care by going the extra mile, treating the whole patient and not just a condition. Learn more about Lakeside Hospital and our expanding access to comprehensive and specialty healthcare services in Metairie

Your extras
• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do.

You are welcome here.
LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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About Us

About LCMC Health

One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond.

If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.