Surgical Reprocessing Technician

Henry Ford Health; Clinton Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health in Clinton Township, MI is seeking a part-time Sterile Processing Technician for 20 hours per week, daytime shift. You will clean, inspect, assemble, disinfect, and sterilize surgical instruments and supplies for OR, ER, delivery, and satellite areas.

You will document sterilization processes, manage case carts per surgeon's preferences, stock supplies, and support surgical teams. Qualifications include high school graduate, medical terminology preferred, interpersonal and

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Completion of medical terminology course is preferred.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with patients and hospital personnel.
• Computer skills.
• Completion of the 120-day orientation: Successfully completes department and hospital orientation process; competence maintained during evaluation year.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, inspects, assembles, packages, disinfects/sterilizes surgical products.
• Keeps case carts ready by coordinating supplies per surgeon preferences.
• Receives, unpacks, shelves supplies and maintains par levels for sterile inventory.
• Supports surgical teams by ensuring instruments and implants are available when needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer skills

Medical terminology

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Central Service Certification

BCLS preferred

Job description

Job Description

• Schedule: 20 hours per week, Day Shift, 7:00am - 3:30pm, No weekends
• Department: Sterile Processing

Under general supervision of the Coordinator/Manager/Director cleans, inspects, assembles, packages disinfects/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 requiring the services of the department by properly meeting and anticipating the instrumentation needs for pending cases for assembly of procedure specific case carts needs. 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. Proactive coordination of preparing the case cart according to the surgeons' preference card for the supplies, equipment, instruments and implants needed for each patient.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Completion of medical terminology course is preferred.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with patients and hospital personnel.
• Computer skills.
• Completion of the 120-day orientation:
  1. Successfully completes department and hospital orientation process
  2. Competence maintained during evaluation year to include department standards, objectives, in service and continuing education.
• Central Service Certification.
• BCLS preferred.