Summary: This position ensures the delivery of necessary hospital equipment; the stocking and delivery of supplies and delivery of supplies to surgical services; the pick-up of soiled equipment, and utensils from patient care areas; the decontamination of these items; the assembly, wrapping and sterilization of OR instruments and sets for reuse. Additionally, requires data entry into a computer any updates for inventory control, for departmental and unit usage tracking, and quality assurance. Performs all duties in compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.
Delivers and Returns Supplies
Checks dept/unit storage areas for Periodic Automatic Replenishment (PAR) of supplies as required to determine supplies needed to established levels. Selects and transfers stock from Materials Management to effectively fill dept/unit requests, par level sheets, and case carts. Delivers stock, nonstock, and processed equipment and instruments to user areas using appropriate type of transportation for the situation. Transports reusable equipment on regular rounds to decontamination area using appropriate techniques to ensure safe delivery of contaminated items. Picks up contaminated supplies, equipment, and instruments from designated dept/umit locations for reporcessing. Assembles Operating Room case carts using Dr. Preferences lists for surgical procedures.
Performs Decontamination Functions
Follows hospital, and complies with government, procedures for retrieving soiled, and contaminated, equipment and instruments. Performs gross decontamination of used instruments and utensils. Operates equipment washer dryer, washer-sterilizer, sonic cleaner, glutaraldehyude bath, and other designated reprocessing equipment in accordance with departmental and governmental policies and procedures.
Performs Sterilizer Functions
Education and/or Experience
Must be graduated from an approved school of Surgical Technology with a certification from the National Center for Competency Testing; or certified from the National Board of Surgical Technology is required; eligibility to write certification exam within six months may be accepted. Written verification from the US Military documentation of LPN licensure or CST certification. 1 to 2 years of OR experience preferred with a Sterile Processing certification. Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $23.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid sick time
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Healthcare setting:
Hospital
Operating room
Medical specialties:
Surgery
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Day shift
No weekends
Ability to Relocate:
Saint Ignace, MI 49781: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
