Sterile Processing Technician

Overview

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• Receives, cleans, decontaminates, and sterilizes reusable patient care equipment, instrumentation, and supplies. Disassembles, inspects, inventories, and assembles both surgical and house instrumentation as well as procedural trays.
• Assembles surgical case carts as required.
• Records and maintains required sterilization records under the supervision of a CRCST or RCST.
• Restocks case carts and supplies as indicated by pick lists generated from daily surgical schedules.
• Stages and delivers case carts, stocking carts, and equipment via clean cart lift and OR service elevator.
• Inventories and maintains adequate levels of all instrumentation and sterile supplies.
• Reports and records missing and/or damaged instrumentation/equipment in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Acts as an initial contact for departmental inquiries from customers and responds to requests in a courteous and professional manner.
• Maintains work areas in a clean, neat, and orderly fashion and prepares spaces for shift changes.
• Participates in cross training for new surgical instrumentation and equipment.

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Must become registered within twelve (12) months from the date the Sterile Processing Tech receives course materials to become certified. If transferring between Sterile Processing and Endoscopy before certification, employees must be certified within twelve (12) months of the date they initially received their course materials.

The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

• Cleans, decontaminates, assembles and sterilizes all reusable patient care equipment, in accordance with departmental policy and procedure, Infection Control standards and regulations.
• Operates sterilization and decontamination equipment according to departmental policies and procedures safely and efficiently.
• Inspects, assembles and sterilizes all surgical and house instrumentation in accordance with departmental policy and procedure.
• Restocks case carts with supplies, instrumentation and equipment as indicated by pick lists generated from daily surgical schedule.
• Restocks with unexpired products for Surgical Services including Outpatient Services and Labor & Delivery supply carts, specialty carts and top track.
• Maintains inventory levels of instrumentation and sterile supplies.
• Maintains records of missing and/or damaged instrumentation/equipment according to policy and procedure.
• Provides service as initial contact for departmental inquiries from customers.
• Answers and responds to requests via phone and in person in a courteous and professional manner in alignment with WVU Medicine Behavioral Standards.
• Receives and returns unexpired items to inventory according to policy and procedure.
• Maintains a clean, neat, and orderly work area daily and prepares for the next shift.
• Attends regularly scheduled in-services and participates in cross training for new instrumentation and equipment.

• Physically capable of prolonged standing and walking.
• Capable of lifting up to 60 pounds and pushing loaded carts weighing more than 200 pounds.
• Visual/o-ral acuity, manual dexterity and technical ability; able to discern colors.

• Able to work in a high-stress environment.
• Complete vision screening for near and far vision; must screen 20/40 or better or will be referred to the Eye Center.

• Understand and practice excellent personal hygiene.
• Able to operate computer programs with training.
• Demonstrate English verbal and written proficiencies to utilize high-level disinfection/sterilization guidelines.

Rotating weekends and holidays, 11pm…