What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Tech position at USPI?
Durango Outpatient Surgery Center is hiring a Full Time Sterile Processing Technician to join our team.
Durango Outpatient Surgery Center is a fast paced ASC environment committed to producing the highest quality work and experience for patients and their families. At Durango Outpatient Surgery Center, we believe health and care are inseparable. Our mission is to care for every patient and their family as if they were our own. Each patient, each family, each and every time.
What You Will Do (Job Summary): Responsible for cleaning and sterilizing all items pertinent to the operations of the center.
Key Duties Include:
1. Coordinates and implements AMI standards for the sterilization of instruments and supplies.
2. Coordinates the availability of instruments/supplies for cases as needed.
3. Assures the adequate functioning and cleaning of all autoclaves and other sterilization/cleaning equipment.
4. Maintains adequate supplies needed for sterilization process.
5. Facilitates turnover times to promote operating room efficiency.
6. Assists with environmental hazard and infection control surveillance, and participates in emergency preparedness drills.
7. Follows all equipment and safety guidelines, and is personally responsible for knowledgeable use and care of equipment.
Monday-Friday daytime work schedule
NO call required
NO Nights, NO Weekends, NO Holiday work hours
What We Offer (based on status)
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) - Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year.
- 401k retirement plan
- Paid holidays
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
Required Skills:
Education and Experience:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Completion of Sterile Processing Certification program preferred
- 1 years’ experience as Instrument Room Technician in multiple surgical specialties
- Current CPR required
Who We Are
We are part of a much larger team with United Surgical Partners International (USPI). At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also