Sterile Processing Technician

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Banner Ironwood Med Ctr (37000 N Gantzel Rd) time type:
Part time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R4427417
** Primary City/State:
** Queen Creek, Arizona
** Department Name:
** Surg-Hosp
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* Work Shift:

** Evening
* * Job Category:
** Clinical Support Explore and excel. At Banner Health, health care is a team effort.  One might be surprised by the number of people who work behind the scenes and play a critical role in ensuring the best care for our patients.  Apply today.

As a Sterile Processing Technician, you will bring your experience and passion for health care to the Banner Ironwood and Goldfield Sterile Processing Department!

This department covers both Banner Ironwood and Banner Goldfield. There are active Endoscopy, Orthopedic, General, Gyn, urology and CMF programs.

SHIFT DETAILS
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* Employment Type:

** Part-time
** Hours per Week:
** 3-8s | 24hrs
** Shift:
** Midshift, 12pm-8pm or 1pm-9pm
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* Schedule:

** Monday **
- ** Friday
* * On Call:
** Yes, rotating

Banner Ironwood Medical Center is committed to meeting the ever-changing needs of the southeast communities of metropolitan Phoenix. Our first patient tower has 47 beds, including eight LDR rooms and can accommodate up to 89 beds when fully equipped. We also feature a full service emergency department, four surgical suites and medical imaging services. With our 80-acre campus, more than 500 beds and supporting health services could be built on our site.

This means an exceptional opportunity for you to establish a career where the potential for growth is limitless.

POSITION SUMMARY  This position performs as an integral part of the OR team with limited supervision. Demonstrates accountability for operating room readiness ensuring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies are complete and ready for a procedure prior to the preceding patient leaving the operating room. Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instrumentation including the cleaning, decontamination, disassemble/reassembly, quality assurance, instrument identification, set assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instrumentation for Peri Op Services, hospital departments, and clinics.

This position requires well manner communications and the ability to communicate effectively through reading, writing, and speaking in person.
CORE FUNCTIONS  
1. Provides decontamination and sterile processing support to Peri Op Services, ED, ICU, hospital wide departments, and clinics both on and off campus, and ambulatory surgery centers. Provides various levels of service for the management of sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable patient care supplies. Support may-or-may-not include, decontamination of surgical instruments, assembly/sterilization, sterile instrument storage, partial or complete case cart support, OR core tech support and high-level disinfection.
2. Responsible for the decontamination, assembly, and packaging of surgical instruments following established protocols, instructions for use (IFU) as well as performs required quality assurance, repairs, reassembly, documentation, sterility handling, and storage of specialized surgical instruments. Maintains required sterilization logs and quality assurance records relating to all equipment associated for the purpose of decontamination, HLD disinfection, and sterilization.
3. Ability to identify interpret the surgical schedule and medical terminology as it pertains to procedures requiring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies. Able to address and communicate special needs to minimize delays to surgery. Responds to emergent calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigations. Determines priority level of instrumentation requests and other hospital needs. Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner    
4. Able to differentiate surgical instrumentation that is surgery owned, consignment/loaner, hospital depart, surgeon, ambulatory surgery center, and clinics both on and off…