Certified Sterile Processing Lead

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

*This position may be eligible for our sign on bonus up to 5K. Please check with your recruiter for eligibility requirements.

CRCST is required

At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with employees like you. Are you the type of individual that will initiate appropriate action in regard to maintaining supplies and equipment. If so, SSM SLUH is in need of an Instrument Tech for our Sterile Processing Team. We're looking for a highly professional Tech will take responsibility for who decontamination, cleaning, sorting, tray assembly and sterilization of instruments. This person will maintain knowledge of instruments and their functions. We offer a positive, upbeat work environment where all medical personnel work together to improve their skills and to become experts in their area of interest. Here we rely on teamwork and relationship building and will make a difference in the lives of our patients. We hope you'll want to join our team.

Job Summary:

Under general supervision and following established procedures, decontaminates, disinfects, cleans and checks instruments, prepares and sterilizes reusable items, prepares instrument trays for the Operating Room and all departments as needed. Stays current with sterilization techniques, monitors biological tests for all methods of sterilization according to established procedures.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates the philosophy of the organization and tenets of integrated health care while providing leadership and demonstrating innovation within the health care ministry.

• Promotes the achievement of desired safety and clinical outcomes by providing sterile processing leadership team with ongoing feedback regarding performance for new and current employees.

• Creates an environment that encourages provider satisfaction by ensuring daily workflow processes are followed resulting in sterile and accurate tray/case completion within expected turnaround times.

• Promotes employee engagement by coordinating orientation of new employees and assisting with planning for continuing education of sterile processing department staff.

• Assists in the development and revision of department procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• One year sterile processing experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent reaching and gripping.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Rare crawling, sitting and keyboard use/data entry.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

• Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA)

  • Or

• Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) - The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD)

Work Shift:

Weekend Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

~~~ Sterile Processing

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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