Hackensack Meridian Health
Location
North Bergen, New Jersey
Salary
$22 / HOUR
The Sterile Processing Technician receives, cleans, disinfects, assembles, and sterilizes surgical equipment and supplies, ensuring proper monitoring and documentation of all sterilization processes. This role also involves timely delivery of equipment and replenishment of supplies to patient care areas while maintaining high customer service standards.
Candidates must possess a High School diploma or GED equivalent and demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, along with established computer skills. Preferred qualifications include at least one year of experience in supply processing/distribution and knowledge of surgical instruments, and maintaining current Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) registration is required.
A day in the life of a Sterile Processing Technician at Hackensack Meridian Health includes: Receives soiled surgical equipment and reusable patient supplies. Cleans and disinfects equipment before sending to clean processing area. Checks soiled trays for completeness and informs Supervisor of irregularities. Assembles clean instruments and other supplies into packs and trays according to standard lists, wraps trays in proper manner to assure sterility and proper shelf life. Place packs into either steam or sterrad depending on type of item. Follows proper procedures for operation of equipment and monitoring sterility. Monitors all sterilization processing and biological or mechanical tests and results throughout the hospital. Operates sterilizers, washer/dissinjector daily testing of sterilizer to determine that they are in proper working order through use of the Bowie-Dick test, Attest Biological Indicators and/or other control methods within one half hour following the start of each shift. Delivers equipment to patient care areas, within a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes of receipt of request. Distributes and replenishes syringe and needle supply for all patient care units and specialized areas, within three (3) hours of request and with a minimum accuracy rate of 98%. Disposes of contaminated materials prior to the end of each shift Retrieves used and soiled instruments and equipment from all patient care units according to departmental policy at least twice daily. Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center. Periodically checks department and other areas from outdated or defective supplies. Reports unusual occurrences in daily routine to the Supervisor. Maintains safe, orderly work area and work practices. Maintains sterilization records prior to the end of each shift and with a minimum accuracy rate of 98%. Other duties and/or projects as assigned. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications: Education,
Required: High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated knowledge of care and handling of: IV Pumps, Hypothermia Units, PCA Pumps, Goneo Suction, Feeding Pumps, Blood Warmers and Bronchoscopes. Demonstrated knowledge of: Loading Carts, Chemical Spills and Sharps Precautions. Through understanding of equipment operation and maintenance of: Steam Sterilizer, Sterrad NX, Sterrad 100, Washer Dissinjector and Cycles times, temperature, pressure aborting a cycle. Established computer skills. Ability to accept responsibility for own knowledge and performance. Organized, detail oriented and effective time management skills. Education,
Preferred: Minimum of 1 year of experience in supply processing/distribution, and knowledge of surgical instruments and supply management. Licenses and Certifications Required: Has and maintains current Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) registration. If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today! Starting Minimum Rate Minimum rate of $22.27 Hourly Job Posting Disclosure HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to: Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
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