Sterile Technician - Pensacola, FL

About the job Sterile Technician - Pensacola, FL STERILE TECHNICIAN ROLE DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Sterile Technician for our practice. This position under general supervision cleans, sterilizes, and assembles surgical instruments and equipment.

• Cleans and decontaminates surgical instruments and equipment using detergents and disinfecting solutions.
• Wraps, seals, and accurately labels items that are to be sterilized.
• Sterilizes instruments, equipment, linen, and related supplies using sterilizers and Sterrad according to manufacturers' instructions.
• Prepares surgical sets, instruments, and treatment trays according to prescribed procedures ensuring that all instrumentation is correct and accurate.
• Ensures that all instrument count sheets are kept up-to-date and accurate.
• Stores sterilized and prepared supplies and equipment in designated areas or returns to departments upon request or replace one-for-one when used.
• Informs bio-med of equipment no longer serviceable or other problems that arise.
• Makes rounds on floors to deliver instruments and available equipment as needed.
• Ensures that all floors and patient care departments have appropriate patient care equipment, instrument trays and other needed supplies available at all times.
• Responds to special requests from surgery and all patient care floors in a timely and customer service-oriented manner.
• Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or the services delivered.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system. Uses system to report potential patient safety issues.
• Uses Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 1 year of sterile processor experience
• Training or Surgical Technologist;
  Central Sterile Tech
• Sterile Processing Certification
• Prior central sterile tech experience
• Requires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and/or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

Evening shift (probably 3-11 or hours around there);
Required on-call