Sterile Processing Technician

Description Department

• Ray County
• Hospital &
• Healthcare
• Perioperative
• Services
• Lines of
• Responsibility: Chain of command for the individual Team Lead Surgical Services Sheryl Davis, Director of Surgical Services – Kyndle McKinney — Chief Nursing Officer – Jere Nave —
• Chief
• Executive
• Officer-
• Jeff
• Blomker
• Job
• Summary: Responsible for preparing and assembling medical and surgical supplies, instrumentation, and equipment, maintaining the sterile processing areas, and receiving and distributing surgical supplies and equipment.
• Primary
• Responsibilities for
• Sterilization
• Technician: 1. Support the mission, vision, and values of the organization. 2. Follow established protocols for cleaning, decontaminating, preparing and packaging, disinfecting or sterilizing, and storing medical and surgical supplies and equipment. 3. Distribute medical and surgical supplies from sterile processing areas to other areas within the facility or health care organization as needed. 4. Adhere to standard precautions including the use of personal protective equipment. 5. Follow safety procedures and manufacturer’s instructions when handling cleaning solutions, supplies and equipment. 6. Operate equipment used in the sterile processing areas safely and according to the manufacturer’s instructions for use. 7. Monitor, interpret, and document results of physical, chemical and biological indicators for all types of sterilizers used in the sterile processing areas. 8. Prepare and distribute surgical case carts according to physician’s preference lists and anticipated needs of the perioperative team. 9. Inventory, receive, and restock materials used for supporting sterile processing services. 10. Comply with organizational policies, regulatory and accreditation standards, and professional guidelines. 11. Assist in updating and providing needed information to director to keep SPD in Compliance. 12. Exhibit professional interpersonal and communication skills. 13. Assist with improving the quality of sterile processing services. 14. Assist with identifying pertinent evidence to establish benchmarks as directed. 15. Maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information. 16. Clean and prepare surgical instruments for processing and transport them to the decontamination areas. 17. Assist with post procedure cleaning of the operative or other invasive procedure room and preparation of room for subsequent patients 18. Participate in ongoing educational and competency verification activities applicable to scrub person activities. 19. Maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information Restocks blankets in blanket warmers in Recovery Room, Pre-OP. 20. Assists nursing staff with all procedures and patient care as needed. 21. Reports defective equipment to supervisor. 22. Monitor, rotate, and remove all outdated and overstocked materials