Sterile Processing Assistant

Sterile Processing

PRN

AM Shift

7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

Performs various tasks related to movement of supplies and equipment, case carts, equipment cleaning, stocking OR and Sterile Prep area and other related duties, to ensure that the OR and Sterile Processing Technicians have necessary supplies and time to perform sterile processing work.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Minimum Years of Experience: None.

Substitutable Education & Expereince (Optional): None.

Required Certifications/Licensure: None.

Required Training: None.

Essential Functions

• Retrieves soiled instruments from clinical departments at regular intervals, following appropriate standards.
• Distributes and inventories Sterile Processing department specific supplies at regular intervals, following appropriate standards to the OR and within the Sterile Processing Dept.
• Answers phones and when appropriate assists callers in obtaining needed supplies and/or instruments (i.e. take items to the OR or L&D).
• Pulls items for case carts, delivers case carts to OR or L&D, instruments and other supplies to Operating Rooms as needed.
• Unloads cart washers as needed, drying items prior to being placed on carts for assembly.
• Moves equipment and carts as needed to maintain workflow and to clear traffic paths.
  
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists in maintaining and cleaning work surfaces and equipment to ensure safe work practices.
• Place instruments and supplies returned from OR’s on appropriate shelf after being scanned into the computer system.
• Assists in restocking supplies in the Sterile Stores and Sterile Prep areas as assigned.
• Assists in performing inventory and stocking shelves as products arrive in the department.
• Assist in maintaining a clean work environment by cleaning specific equipment at set intervals.
• Demonstrates commitment to providing outstanding customer service in a manner reflective of our mission, values and customer service standards.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, the Compliance Accountability Program, Code of Ethics, and other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.
• Performs other related duties as assigned
  
  

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.

Nearest Major Market: Columbia

Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina