Certified Sterile Processing Tech - PRN

Job Description Summary

MUSC is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to join our team in providing critical care to procedural areas across our healthcare enterprise. Sterile Processing Technicians ensure procedural equipment consistently meets the highest quality and safety standards, and is ready for use by all areas across the healthcare enterprise. This position receives and processes incoming supplies and equipment including performing cleaning and sterilizing duties, and is an integral part of the daily operation of all units.

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Employee

PRN

CC000675 CHS - SPD (Sterile Processing) - Consolidated Service Center (Offsite)

Hourly

Health-21

16

MUSC is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to join our team in providing critical care to procedural areas across our healthcare enterprise. Sterile Processing Technicians ensure procedural equipment consistently meets the highest quality and safety standards, and is ready for use by all areas across the healthcare enterprise. This position receives and processes incoming supplies and equipment including performing cleaning and sterilizing duties, and is an integral part of the daily operation of all units.

• Maintain adequate inventory for assembly of instruments and equipment
• Perform and participate in the decontamination and cleaning of all instrumentation received, which include but are not limited to instrumentation and equipment received from all units according to established standards and procedures
• Prepare case carts and trays for decontamination and load them into washer and/or sterilizer as prescribed procedure
• Perform the operation of the index washers, cart washers, ultrasonic cleaners as well as manually cleaning instruments and equipment as prescribed by established standards and procedures
• Inspects all instruments for cleanliness, proper function, and breakage by viewing the instruments before assembly
• Uses appropriate container, wrap or pouch according to the size of the instrument or equipment
• Sterilizes instruments and surgical trays by following prescribed policies and procedures
• Know how to run tests on all sterilizers, monitor and document that all parameters have been met
• Use chemicals in the appropriate fashion taking into consideration the intended use of chemical as well as chemical’s function: knowledge of appropriate PPE is also necessary
• Participates in expediting the OR schedule by assisting the other members of the OR Team in obtaining the instruments/equipment necessary for the procedure in a timely manner Assembles and distributes case carts accurately and in a timely manner
• Ability to travel between sites as needed, based on departmental needs

High School Diploma or GED, and certification through CRCST - HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) or CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution).

• Mobility & Posture
• Standing:
  Continuous
• Sitting:
  Continuous
• Walking:
  Continuous
• Climbing stairs:
  Infrequent
• Working indoors:
  Continuous
• Working outdoors (temperature extremes):
  Infrequent
• Working from elevated areas:
  Frequent
• Working in confined/cramped spaces:
  Frequent
• Kneeling:
  Infrequent
• Bending at the waist:
  Continuous
• Twisting at the waist:
  Frequent
• Squatting:
  Frequent
• Manual Dexterity & Strength
• Pinching operations:
  Frequent
• Gross motor use (fingers/hands):
  Continuous
• Firm grasping (fingers/hands):
  Continuous
• Fine manipulation (fingers/hands):
  Continuous
• Reaching overhead:
  Frequent
• Reaching in all directions:
  Continuous
• Repetitive motion (hands/wrists/elbows/shoulders):
  Continuous
• Full use of both legs:
  Continuous
• Balance & coordination (lower extremities):
  Frequent
• Lifting & Force Requirements
• Lift/carry 50 lbs. unassisted:
  Infrequent
• Lift/lower 50 lbs. from floor to 36”:
  Infrequent
• Lift up to 25 lbs. overhead:
  Infrequent
• Exert up to 50 lbs. of force:
  Frequent
• Examples:
• Transfer 100 lb. non-ambulatory patient = 50 lbs. force
• Push 400 lb. patient in wheelchair on carpet = 20 lbs. force
• Push patient stretcher one-handed = 25 lbs.…