Sterile Processing Technician
Holmdel, New Jersey
Bayshore Community Hospital

Sterile Processing Technician

Location: Holmdel, New Jersey Employment Type: Clinical-Allied Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day, 10 AM - 6:30 PM Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Job Summary

The Central Supply Technician cleans, processes, and sterilizes surgical instrumentation, patient care equipment, and reusable medical/surgical items. This position also functions as a Case Cart Attendant for the Operating Room.

Responsibilities

• Receive, sort, process, assemble, or sterilize patient care equipment and surgical instruments according to departmental policies.
• Understand all detergents and disinfectants used to process items, and apply Universal Precautions and proper PPE use.
• Operate and load sterilizers (Steam, ETO, Sterrad, and Steris), and ensure biological tests and Bowie Dick tests are correctly performed, incubated, read, and recorded.
• Complete sterilization records accurately, including recording all items processed, using the correct label/load gun, reading chemical integrators per load, and initialing computerized printouts.
• Use computerized instrument count sheets correctly.
• Prepare case carts for delivery to the room using doctor's preference information to assemble required instruments, drugs, and special equipment.
• Notify the nursing team in the room of missing items, confer with the coordinator about supply and equipment shortages, and complete a daily checklist.
• Adhere to the standards in the organization's competencies.

Physical Requirements: Lift a minimum of 50 lbs, push and pull a minimum of 60 lbs, and stand for the length of the shift.

Required Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience as a Sterile Processing Technician, with experience within the last year
• CRCST or CBSPDT
• High school diploma or equivalent