Sterile Processing Technician II - Eligible

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This role focuses on activities related to the support services functions, such as dietary and food services, environmental services, general facilities, repair and maintenance, parking, sterilization and transportation to ensure all required support activities are completed in a timely manner and meet the organization's quality standards and expectations. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Sterilization Services duties:
Maintains sterile equipment, assembles medical equipment, maintains inventory, orders supplies, and provides life‑saving instruments to those performing medical procedures. A clinical technologist role that has specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience. This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs. An experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and requiring vocational or technical education.

Works under moderate supervision, works through problems of a routine nature, but may at times require interpretation or deviation from standard procedures and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation.

This is responsible for the decontamination, assembly and sterilization of all instruments used throughout the hospital including general surgical instrumentation. Responsibilities include receiving, sorting and decontamination of surgical/clinic items and instrumentation; inspection and packaging of single instruments and instrument kits; identification of appropriate sterilization method and cycle selection, appropriate documentation for all sterile processes; and accurate inventory assignment relating to the case cart build process.

This position may rotate throughout all areas of sterile processing to support the department while adhering to policies and procedures. May have oversight of area during shift with supervisory backup.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Central Services Technician National Certification (CRCST) or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) required within 12 months of hire.
• Two (2) years of Central Processing experience.

• Receives soiled, used, and/or contaminated equipment, surgical instruments, scopes, and supplies from Operating Rooms, patient care units, and specialized areas; documents arrival and cleaning process utilizing asset tracking software.
• Disassembles items as needed before choosing appropriate cleaning method.
• Identifies items in need of repair upon receipt and ensures information is maintained during cleaning process.
• Selects and utilizes appropriate manual cleaning tools to achieve instrument decontamination, including but not limited to instrument brushes, enzymatic detergent, flushing devices, ultrasonic bath, leak testers, etc.
• Selects and utilizes appropriate automated cleaning tools to achieve instrument decontamination; this includes loading and selecting appropriate cycles on automated washers.
• Documents all work performed utilizing instrument tracking software.
• Inspects and assembles all equipment, instruments, scopes, and instrument sets following product recipe, verifies items are functional, free of debris and required per instrument recipe.
• Documents items missing from instrument set, escalating set to SPD Supervisor or Designee for further guidance.
• Selects appropriate packaging method, including any sterilization accessories (corner protectors etc.) ensures all external indicators and/or labels are securely affixed to item.
• Transports items to sterilization as needed.
• Interprets package labeling to select appropriate sterilization method and approved cycle, options include Steam, Hydrogen Peroxide Plasma, or others as required.
• Inspects packages to ensure all external indicators, filters, and/or labels are securely affixed to items, returns non‑satisfactory products to instrument room.
• Loads…