Sterile Processing Technician Time, Nights

Job Description

Join UChicago Medicine as a Sterile Processing Technician in the Sterile Processing Department. This department brings the world’s most innovative approaches to patients with all conditions, from common to complex. This position is 100% onsite and requires you to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

In this role as a Sterile Processing Technician II, you will be responsible for preparing OR surgical case carts, decontamination, assembly and sterilization of reprocessable supplies, equipment and surgical instruments. You will need to know all modalities of sterilization as well as monitor the sterilization process. Our staffing plan requires CSP personnel to work between all processing areas, rotate to all shifts, and work holidays and weekends.

You will work with instrument management systems and related technology.

• Follows proper procedure to clean and decontaminate instruments, trays, supplies, and equipment received from patient care areas. Reports any unsafe conditions, defective or missing instruments and/or equipment immediately to the supervisor or designee and removes such item(s) from processing or returns them to service. Properly operates cleaning and sterilization equipment such as cart washers, sonic cleaners, washers, sterilizers, and heat‑sealing units.
• Demonstrates proper knowledge and understanding of all chemicals, detergents, and other cleaning and/or disinfecting agents used in the department.
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skill in assembly of trays and peel packs, including identification of contents, internal chemical indicators, lot control numbers, wrapping, labeling, and methods of sterilization. Monitors and documents according to procedure all required information for each sterilization load and sterilizer.
• Participates in the department Quality Improvement Plan as needed. Appropriately handles all sterilized items when placing them in storage and identifies any breaks in the integrity of the package. Re‑stocks shelves in Sterile Storage and other areas to maintain defined PAR levels of all supplies, instrument trays, and other items maintained in inventory.
• Transports clean and soiled case carts between operating rooms and Sterile Processing. Transports additional instrumentation as needed between Peri‑operative Services and CSP areas. Maintains cleanliness and appropriate supply levels at workstations in all department areas.
• Follows organization‑wide and unit‑specific safety, security and infection control standards.
• Must successfully complete National or International Certification as Sterile Processing Technician (with 18 months of employment). After certification is obtained, independently maintain certification credentials through continuing educational credits or recertification testing.
• Participates in required education programs, orientation and training courses to maintain competency in job skills, knowledge and equipment through in‑services, etc.
• Respects the rights, privacy and property of others at all times, including confidential information of patients, according to administrative policies and applicable laws and regulations.

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Knowledge of hospital equipment, supplies, surgical instrumentation, and medical terminology.
• Ability to appropriately and effectively respond to requests for emergency supplies.
• Clear communicator.

• One year of experience working in Central Sterile Processing.
• Knowledge of hospital equipment, supplies, surgical instrumentation, and medical terminology.
• Basic computer skills.

• Sterile Processing Certification required (CRCST or CSPDT) within 18 months of employment.

• Job Type/FTE:
  Full‑Time 1.0
• Shift: Nights, 11p‑7:30a
• Unit/Department: 377706, SPD‑Mitchell
• CBA Code: 743 Clerical

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