Sterile Processing Specialist II

Position Overview

Under direct supervision, is responsible for the daily shift to shift activities of the Sterile Processing Department.

Education
:
High School; AA Degree preferred. Completion of Central Sterile Processing Program.

Experience
: CS Technician or Instrumentation experience. Minimum of 2 years.

• Organizational ability to coordinate and prioritize work.
• Advanced analytical ability to identify and perform minor repairs on instrumentation.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and stressful environment where incumbents need to be able to respond rapidly and efficiently to request/needs of surgical team, as well as to changes in the O.R. schedule and Nursing Units requests.
• Computer and application software skills.
• Professional and effective communication skills.
• Proficient in Excel, Word and EMR systems.

• Certification in Central Sterile Technician (CRCST).
• Certified in Instrumentation Specialty (CIS).

• Ability to walk and stand for up to eighty percent of work time.
• Frequent hand washing.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for up to eighty percent of work time.
• Ability to push, pull, or lift heavy instruments up to 40 pounds up to eighty percent of work time.

• Works in areas with considerable noise from sterilizers and other equipment eighty percent of work time.
• Exposed to water, detergents, and disinfectants up to fifty percent of work time.
• Exposed to potential health hazards and physical hazards from contaminated instruments, sterilizing solutions, and high pressure steam for up to eighty percent of work time.

Must maintain own individual record for proper completion/accrual of Continuing Education Credits based on National expectations.

• Assembles and sterilizes instrument sets, endoscopes, treatment trays, and miscellaneous goods according to department standards.
• Appropriately selects and prepares packaging material. Labels, initials, and dates all prepared packages.
• Operates, checks, cleans, and troubleshoots equipment. Performs chemical, mechanical, and biological monitoring. Accurately documents all required information on sterilization records.
• Accurately picks all supplies, instruments and equipment according to the correct surgeon’s preference card for posted, add on and emergency cases. Accurately restocks specialty carts for nursing units according to pick sheet.
• Delivers supplies and case carts to the operating room in a timely fashion. Dispatches telephone calls for the operating room for urgent supply needs’ requests assistance when necessary.
• Assists specialists with maintaining and updating par levels of all instrument sets, trays, and processed goods and trouble shoots problems. Maintains inventory of count sheets for instrument sets.
• Ensures timely completion of the workload and consistently meets case cart delivery times and changing needs of surgical cases.
• Properly stores all instrumentation and supplies and rotates stock according to policy and procedure. Maintains all specialty instrumentation equipment, loaner sets and scopes.
• Assists in maintaining cleanliness of unit in accordance with Infection Control standards.
• Able to identify process improvement opportunities and work to address process and workflow issues that impeded availability of needed instrumentation and supplies.
• Responsible for maintaining own individual record for proper completion/accrual of Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s) based on National expectations. These accruals are then to be reported to Department Manager.
• Ability to step in as a lead tech role in an absence and assume responsibility.
• Oversees proper handling and care of contaminated instruments and supplies during and after the surgical procedures utilizing appropriate environmental controls as needed. Offers recommendations to Educator or management for improvement.
• Maintains knowledge of proper techniques for infection control. Monitors all personnel for compliance with aseptic techniques and safety standards in assigned areas.
• Participates and assists in the implementation of the…