Sterile Processing Tech - Mattoon, United States - Sarah Bush Lincoln

Description

Sterile Processing Tech - Lead

Job Description

The Sterile Processing Technician Lead will mentor, guide, teach, support, and advise the Sterile Processing Technicians in decontamination, assembly, sterilizing, and disturbing instruments, equipment, and supplies for patient care support.

Monday - Friday 6:30am - 3:00pm

Responsibilities

Applies principles of disinfection and sterilization., Assess and educate SPD Technicians in the knowledge of basic aseptic techniques and documenting competency of these techniques., Decontaminates and refills crash carts, urology carts and latex free boxes, Trach Boxes, Chest blue Boxes, Central line and Debridement Boxes, following established health center procedures., Decontaminates instruments and equipment following stabled health center procedures per manufacturer instruction., Inspects instruments for functionality and prepares them for sterilization., Maintains and secures stocked crash carts and replenishes used crash carts.

Delivers used medication boxes securely to pharmacy for refill. Handles and maintains security of sealed drug boxes for crash carts., Maintains sterilization records for Sterile Processing, Operating Room, and HMS., Operates all sterilizer cycles in department - vacuum, gravity, Sterrad 00S, Sterrad NS, Sterrad NX., Operates and maintains equipment according to recommended manufactures instructions and health center policies and procedures., Other duties as assigned., Participates in the evaluation of the patient care delivery system., Places work order requests (i.e. maintenance, housekeeping, etc.)., Retrieves preference sheets from surgical services computer system per specifics. (i.e. patient specific, physician specific, etc.)., Utilizes surgeon preference card and case cart pick list to competently prepare for operative procedures, when pulling inventory to build case carts.

Requirements:

GED (Required), High School (Required)