Sterile Processing Lead, UofL Hospital

## Sterile Processing Lead, UofL Hospital, 2:30p
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Louisville, Kentucky:
Full time:
Posted Today:
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** Primary

Location:

** University Hospital - UMC#
** Address:
** 530 South Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202#
** Shift:
** Second Shift (United States of America)#
** Job Description

Summary:

** UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.  With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.#

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* Job Description:

** The Sterile Processing Technician-Lead job responsibilities include, but are not limited to: instructing Sterile Processing Technicians in the performance of job duties, and assigning daily work area; decontamination, inspection, assembly, packaging, and sterilization of reusable instruments, utensils, trays, carts, and equipment; assembly of case carts; pick-up and delivery of all reusable items to using areas; monitoring of the sterilization process;

assisting Sterile Processing Supervisor as needed; assisting with performance improvement activities for the department. Provides support, training and communication in accordance with Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Associates of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and CDC guidelines. Mentors, supports and coaches employees as necessary to maintain and support decontamination, processing, assembly and sterilization processes within all set standards and regulations.

Essential Functions:

• Acts as a preceptor for new employees  
• Handles problems as they occur; manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to request for service and assistance  
• Assigns daily work schedule and coaches technicians on quality errors in the absence of a supervisor  
• Monitors workflow, prioritizes work, and adjusts assignments to accommodate need  
• Completes performance improvement assignment as assigned and assists with staff competency checks  
• Monitors all processing equipment and notify appropriate repair person when a malfunction occurs  
• Answers telephone promptly and assists caller with obtaining items needed  
• Procures surgical instrumentation and places into case carts for scheduled and non-scheduled procedures  
• Makes rounds throughout the hospital to deliver sterile and non-sterile instrumentation, supplies and equipment, and to collect contaminated or credit instrumentation, supplies and equipment  
• Delivers scheduled case carts to the Surgery Department  
• Maintains responsibility for returned instrumentation and supplies (if applicable) that is unused, and the integrity of packaging has not been compromised  
• Decontaminates all reusable instruments, sets, utensils, and equipment used throughout the Medical Center complex  
• Inspects, assembles, and packages all decontaminated reusable instruments, sets, utensils, and other items for sterilization  
• Operates all processing equipment used within the department  
• Monitors the sterilization process through mechanical, chemical, and biological indicators  Other Functions:  
• Contribute to the efficient operation of the department.

• Performs dispatch, cleaning and decontamination, wrapping and packaging, sterilization and monitoring duties in a safe manner, to prevent injury to self, patients, visitors or other hospital personnel  
• Contributes to maintaining supplies and…