Certified and Lead Sterile Processing Technicians
Company: Cleveland Clinic
Location: Cleveland
Posted on: May 29, 2023
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Job Description:
Grow your career in Cleveland Clinic's award-winning Sterile
Processing Department.
Join a diverse and prestigious organization where you'll receive
guidance and support as you develop personally and
professionally.
As an SPD Certified and/or Lead Technician, you'll directly enhance
patient care and safety. You'll be responsible for safe, efficient
practices for decontamination, instrument assembly, wrapping and
sterilization of all reprocessed instruments, distribution
equipment and case cart management. As part of your
responsibilities, you will:
* Build case carts, ensuring adherence to procedures.
* Maintain adequate levels of inventories and order and stock
supplies.
* Perform case pull functions.
* Perform ordering, stocking and inventory control functions.
* Perform record-keeping functions, including processing,
sterilization and quality assurance.
The ideal candidate:
* Is determined, committed, and hardworking.
* Works well in a team and can be relied on to do their job
well.
* Thinks critically, has good judgment and can work with minimal
supervision.
* Thrives in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
Sterile Processing Department Technicians receive ongoing support
and training from supervisors who work closely with you and are
involved in the day-to-day operations. You'll learn how to operate
the latest, state-of-the-art processing equipment. At Cleveland
Clinic, you'll get exposure to the newest sterilization tools and
concepts and improve the patient experience while working in a
supportive, close-knit environment.
Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth,
delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning,
exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers
many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where
opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in
hand.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Performs case pull functions.
+ Determines appropriate case carts to be built for specialty
procedures.
+ Builds case carts ensuring adherence to procedures.
+ Dispatches case carts to ensure they are available to
surgical/clinical procedures.
+ Performs record keeping functions, e.g. processing,
sterilization, quality assurance, etc.
+ Performs ordering, stocking and inventory control functions.
+ Maintains adequate levels, inventories, and orders supplies;
stock supplies.
+ Participates in in-service education.
+ Other duties as assigned.
**Education:**
+ HS diploma or equivalent GED required.
**Certifications:**
+ Sterile Processing Distribution certification(CRCST) by IAHCSMM
or CBSPD required.
**Complexity of Work:**
+ Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive
judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
+ Must be able to work in a stressful environment.
**Work Experience:**
+ Prefer one year experience in central service/sterile processing
areas and successful completion of recognized training program with
certification in central service/sterile processing.
**Physical Requirements:**
+ Lifts and carries items weighing up to 25 pounds and ability to
push, pull and navigate supply carts weighing > than 75
pounds.
**Personal Protective Equipment:**
+ Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment
as required.
Keywords: Sterile Processing, CBSPD, CRCST, SPD, Central Sterile
Services, Decontamination, Infection Control, OR Surgical
InstrumentsCleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal
employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals
with Disabilities
Keywords: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland , Certified and Lead Sterile Processing Technicians, Other , Cleveland, Ohio
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