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Henry Ford Health is looking for a dedicated individual to join the Central Processing Department in West Bloomfield, Michigan. This role involves cleaning, inspecting, assembling, packaging, disinfecting, and sterilizing surgical products used for various surgical procedures. Requirements include a high school diploma, interpersonal and computer skills, with a preference for completion of a medical terminology course.
Certification in Central Service is required, while BCLS is preferred. This is an evening shift position, integral to supporting the surgical teams effectively.
Under general supervision of the Coordinator/Manager/Director cleans, inspects, assembles, packages, disinfects, and sterilizes all surgical products used to support physicians and surgical team in the inpatient, outpatient departments, operating room, emergency room, delivery room, and satellites. Documents and monitors all sterilization processes in assigned areas, including but not limited to steam, ETOH, Sterrad, and high‑level disinfectants. Ensures all monitoring methods are compliant with the standards. Supplies the needs of various departments by properly meeting and anticipating the instrumentation needs for pending cases for assembly of procedure‑specific case carts. Receives, unpacks, shelves supplies and stock while maintaining appropriate par levels with rotation sterile supply management principles. Works with the surgical specialty teams to ensure that the supplies for each patient are available when needed. Proactively coordinates preparing the case cart according to the surgeon’s preference card for the supplies, equipment, instruments, and implants needed for each patient.
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job‑related duties beyond those explicitly described above.