Certified Spd Tech

Cooper Norcross Health, formerly Cooper University Health Care, is a leading academic health system affiliated with Cooper Norcross Medical School of Rowan University. Headquartered in Camden, New Jersey, Cooper Norcross Health has revenues of more than $3 billion and an A+ credit rating from both S&P and Fitch Ratings.

Cooper Norcross Health has nearly 14,000 team members, including more than 2,200 nurses, more than 1,200 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 700 advanced practice providers.

The health system operates MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper as well as four hospitals – its 663-bed flagship Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden, its 229-bed Cooper Norcross University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, Children’s Hospital at Cooper Norcross Health in Camden, and The Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper, a substance abuse rehabilitation and inpatient treatment facility, in partnership with American Recovery Services.

Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey and the busiest in the region. The hospital has been recognized as a top-performing regional hospital by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual survey for eight years.

More than 2.54 million patients visit Cooper Norcross Health facilities annually. Its ambulatory network encompasses three outpatient surgery centers, seven urgent care centers, a wound care center, and more than 130 physician, physical therapy, and radiology offices extending from the Delaware River to the New Jersey shore.

Cooper Norcross Health, a not-for-profit health system, was named one of America’s Best Large Employers for 2026 by Forbes, ranking among the top 200 in the nation. Visit Cooper Health.org to learn more.

• Decontaminates instruments/sets and patient care equipment using thorough cleaning and disinfecting practices as they are returned to SPD
• Consistently performs sterilization functions in a manner in accordance with written manufacture recommendations that provides sterile, complete and patient ready supplies when needed by user areas
• Maintains accurate sterilization procedure records, checks sterilizer recorder charts for proper functioning of sterilizing temperatures, pressures and time cycles for each load, performs Bowie and Dick Test daily and spore test daily and with each load that contains implantable devices, and immediately reports malfunctions to the SPD supervisor
• Consistently follows departmental policy and procedure for all work practices, disasters and emergencies and departmental rules and regulations.
• Strictly adheres to hospital guidelines, universal precautions, aseptic technique
• Uses PPE attire when working in the Decontamination area
• Communicates with all user areas by telephone and in person in a manner that maintains good relationships with all areas of the hospital.
• Responds to STAT requests immediately
• Performs both daily maintenance maintains check list and weekly maintenance check list, all areas of the Department in a sanitary and organized condition
• Responds to changes in the work schedule as necessary, works all shifts as needed and used time to departmental advantage
• Develops thorough knowledge of all equipment/machinery in SPD and operates same in a safe manner
• Uses the PICIS System to extract surgical case information in order to assemble case cart requests
• Uses the EHS System to maintain proper inventory levels of supplies in SPD as needed daily
  • Checks assigned area of responsibility at least once per week for outdated supplies, torn wrappers, adequate supply levels, proper rotation and location and reports discrepancies to the SPD Supervisor and reprocesses all…