Job Details
**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**
MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Highlights:**
You may be eligible for a $5,000 Sign on Bonus!!!
Nights 11pm - 7:30am
Experience required and/or one of the certifications below:
+ Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA)
+ Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) - Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD)
**Sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available for you.**
**Job Summary:**
Inspects, assembles and evaluates all surgical instruments and instrument sets to ensure proper sterilization, completeness of set, and to determine need for repair/replacement.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Performs decontamination of soiled instruments, sterilization containers and equipment according to established protocols.
+ Inspects instruments, equipment and containers to assure cleanliness and proper functioning.
+ Corrects instrument sets according to current standards and established count sheets and/or instrument tracking systems.
+ Maintains proper levels of inventory to ensure availability for case carts.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
EXPERIENCE
+ No experience required
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
+ None
**Department:**
440####### Sterile Processing
**Work Shift:**
Variable Shift (United States of America)
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
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