Job Details
Aiken Regional Medical Centers is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician for a job in AIKEN, South Carolina.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Sterile Processing Technician
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: Ongoing
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours
- Employment Type: Staff
Responsibilities
Certified Sterile Processing Technician
Aiken Regional Medical Centers, located in Aiken, South Carolina, is a 273-bed acute care facility providing quality healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities. Aiken Regional Medical Centers has been ranked a top hospital in South Carolina by the Carolina Center for Medical Excellence for its treatment of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. Services provided at the hospital include emergency medical care, orthopedic surgeries, maternity, and behavioral health services.
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Certified Sterile Processing Tech performs all assigned duties related to the reprocessing of medical equipment and instrumentation, including but not limited to the following tasks: receiving, inspecting, cleaning, machine processing, sorting, assembly, packaging and wrapping, sterilization, process controls, storage and distribution.
Duties:
- Perform rounds to hospital soiled utility rooms to collect discontinued patient care moveable equipment and instrumentation and return to the decontamination room for processing.
- Inspect and initiate proper cleaning techniques for soiled instruments and equipment through the decontamination room.
- Operates specialty-cleaning equipment in the decontamination room, ultrasonic cavitation sinks, machine processors.
- Sorts, assembles, wraps and packages surgical instrumentation according to set guides and sterile processing techniques.
- Restocks code carts, specialty carts and restocks sets and trays for use in patient care.
- Receives deliveries of supplies from Materials Management and puts stock away inside the department in a timely manner, taking all trash outside immediately.
- As assigned, inventories certain medical/surgical supplies in the operating room suite, returns to Central Service and packages necessary supplies for sterilization. Restocks to the operating room as necessary because par levels fluctuate according to surgery caseload.
- Prepare biological test kits to challenge high and low heat sterilization equipment. Places kits inside autoclaves, retrieves after sterilization cycles and can initiate incubation procedures with accurate documentation.
- Can monitor sterilizer cycles and detect improper cycle parameters, reporting immediately to senior technician and/or manager
- Unload sterilizer chambers safely handling packages for restocking.
- Documents all process controls (biological logbooks, load record sheets) and as directed, all data necessary for special reports and process improvements.
- Perform daily high and low dusting to maintain cleanliness of work surfaces.
- Restocks sets onto shelving in sterile storeroom, rotating supplies and inspecting integrity of every pack, set and container.
- As directed, assist in reordering supplies, maintaining Set Guide Index, Care & Handling files and vendor information files.
Benefit Highlights
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
- Loan Forgiveness Program if offered.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nations largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the Worlds Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of Americas Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
Qualifications Job Requirements:
High school diploma at minimum
Specific sterile processing techniques in an acute care hospital required and/or Certification through IAHCSM, NICHSPDP or Purdue University Continuing Education required.
Aiken Regional Job ID #7969-264637. Posted job title: Certified Sterile Processing Tech
About Aiken Regional Medical Centers
About Us:
In 1917, Aiken socialites donated money to start the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society, known today as Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Located in Aiken, South Carolina, which was named 2018's Best Small Town in the South by Southern Living Magazine, Aiken Regional Medical Centers is a 273 licensed-bed acute care hospital facility that offers a comprehensive range of specialties and services.
Aiken Regional receives more than 42,000 emergency room visits, performs nearly 9,000 surgeries and delivers over 1,100 babies each year. The hospital has more than 1,200 skilled healthcare/support professionals, a team of more than 200 multi-specialty physicians and volunteers to help the hospital continue to provide quality care.
At Aiken Regional Medical Centers, we're looking for exceptional people who share our vision and values, who share our focus on hard work, enthusiasm, teamwork, loyalty, trust and cooperation. We've embraced these traits and built a team of employees who consistently work to achieve the highest level of service excellence. People are our most valuable resource at Aiken Regional Medical Centers as we are committed to providing high quality acute care services to residents of the communities we serve. We are equally committed to offering our employees unlimited opportunity in an environment that encourages professional development.
Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Life insurance
- Health Care FSA