Technician - Sterile Processing/Sign-On Bonus $1,000: Mrh - Central Sterile

Summary

Receives, cleans, sterilizes and stores surgical instruments and equipment.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Performs and documents required quality assurance testing and inspections.
• Cleans, disinfects, decontaminates, and sterilizes surgical instruments and equipment using appropriate methods and substances.
• Properly disposes of bio-hazardous substances, chemicals, medical waste, and supplies.

Essential

Competencies and skills:

• ACCOUNTABILITY: Accepts ownership of job roles and specific assignments/goals; works independently, takes responsibility for own actions; admits mistakes and judgment errors; and accepts constructive feedback. Connects personal work results to the accomplishment of team and organizational goals.
• HAND HYGIENE: Practices appropriate hand hygiene to impede spread of infection and disease.
• EQUIPMENT STERILIZATION: Receives, sorts, decontaminates, cleans, examines and sterilizes surgical and medical items.
• RESPONDING TO CHANGE: Accepts change and adapts in a positive and productive manner; handles unexpected situations and changes in direction calmly and with confidence. Views new assignments and job responsibilities as an opportunity for growth.
• STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR: Acts in a manner that supports the standards of communication, respect, privacy, and teamwork by demonstrating a commitment to professional and ethical conduct.
• ORGANIZATION SKILLS: Organizes work to achieve maximum efficiency.
• CUSTOMER SERVICE: Demonstrates commitment to service excellence by promptly addressing internal/external customer issues/requests, resolving concerns while maintaining a professional image and behavior to build and enhance the patient/family/customer experience.

Education

Essential:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Credentials

Other information:

Complexity of Work: Requires critical thinking skills, effective communications skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Required Work Experience: None required.

Essential

Working conditions:

• Seeing - Far 80.00%
• Potential Electric Shock 40.00%
• Fire Risk 40.00%
• Audible Speech 80.00%
• Hazardous Chemicals 80.00%
• Lifting or Carrying 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Reaching 60.00%
• Heating Devices 80.00%
• Biological Hazards - Skin or Ingestion 80.00%
• Lifting or Carrying > 75 lbs Non-Patient 60.00%
• Moving Mechanical Parts 80.00%
• Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens 80.00%
• Pushing or Pulling > 75 lbs Non-Patient 60.00%
• Biological Hazards - Respiratory 80.00%
• Wet or Slippery Surfaces 60.00%
• Needles/Sharp Objects 80.00%
• Dust 60.00%
• Gas/Vapors/Fumes 80.00%
• Standing 80.00%
• Seeing - Near 80.00%
• Blood and/or Bodily Fluids 80.00%
• Hazardous Medication 80.00%
• Distinguish Color 40.00%
• Pushing or Pulling 26 - 75 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Lifting or Carrying 25.01 lbs - 75 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Latex 60.00%
• Sitting 40.00%
• Hazardous Noise 80.00%
• Depth Perception 80.00%
• Walking 80.00%
• Repetitive Movement Foot/Leg 80.00%
• Cytotoxic Chemicals 40.00%
• Extreme Heat/Cold 60.00%
• Computer Monitor 80.00%
• Bio hazardous Waste 80.00%
• Keyboard Entry 80.00%
• Hearing Acuity 80.00%
• Pushing or Pulling 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Squatting 40.00%

Organizational Profile

Since the opening of the one-story, 100-bed Memorial Hospital in 1953, the South Florida community has benefited from caring and compassionate healthcare at Memorial Regional Hospital. Today, with 553 beds and as the flagship facility of Memorial Healthcare System, Memorial Regional Hospital is one of Florida’s largest and most sophisticated hospitals, offering leading-edge care and technologies. Services include:

• Women’s Services
• The Family Birthplace
• Medical and Surgical Services
• Memorial Neuroscience Institute
• Memorial Cancer Institute
• Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute
• Emergency Room and Level I Trauma Center
• Wasie Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

We are also home to a team of dedicated professionals, all of whom deliver nationally recognized, award-winning care. Memorial Regional Hospital has received Press Ganey’s Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Satisfaction (Inpatient Behavioral Health) for three consecutive years, has been recognized by Truven Health Analytics as one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, and for the last seven years has received the Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended, nor should it be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.