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Sterile Process Technician
Service/Support
McLaren Macomb
25006540
Dept: MAC Sterile Processing
Schedule: 3p-1130p, rotating weekend and holiday
Hours per biweekly pay period: 40
Position Summary: Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
- Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
- Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
- Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
- Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
- Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
- Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
- Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Qualifications:
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of approved sterile processing course.
- Certification required within one year from hire as certified by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).
Preferred:
- Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
Additional Information
- Schedule: Part-time
- Requisition ID: 25006540
- Daily Work Times: 3pm-1130pm
- Hours Per Pay Period: 40
- On Call: No
- Weekends: Yes
