Central Sterile Processing

Company: HCA
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Do you have a passion for healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in our Central Sterile Processing department. Submit your application today Benefits: We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and student loan repayment. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity. Seeking a Central Sterile Processing Tech (SPD Tech) to join our team. The Central Sterile Processing Tech is fully competent in all aspects of the decontamination, assembling, prep and pack, sterilization, and storage. Recognizes and reconciles potential customer service issues without supervision. Accurately documents sterilization records. Performs with expert knowledge and skills while cleaning, decontaminating, preparing and sterilizing supplies, instruments and equipment. Effectively maintains the National Standards and Recommended Practices for Sterilization, supplies, and equipment and promotes collaboration with physicians, nursing staff, department heads, and personnel of other departments. Adheres to national, state and hospital department policies. What you will do in this role: Responsible for control of all parts of the sterilization process: a. decontamination; b. prep, pack, sterilize; c. documentation of sterilization d. sterile storage including remediation of equipment failures and hazards. Inspect, assemble and test general and specialty instrumentation for proper functioning. Identifies tray type by contents of instrument tray. Identifies instruments that do not function properly and replaces or reports instruments that need repair or that are missing. Work in conjunction with the OR staff to provide timely sterile products. Maintain strong working/collaborative relationships with other departments to ensure flow and continuity of services. Maintain consistency and continuous workflow between the OR and Central Service Sterile Processing while practicing excellent customer service. Operate and maintain all equipment; keep records of loads completed, items of loads and maintenance procedures performed Monitor surgery schedules daily, identifying general, specific and potential needs for all cases. Operate and maintain autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed. Monitor and maintain appropriate records to remain compliant with applicable regulatory agencies, as well as reporting occurrences immediately to supervisors. Attend in-service presentations, including but not limited to infection control, patient safety, quality improvement, SDS and OSHA standards. Report defective equipment to supervisor or staff. Demonstrates competence and teaching ability when resolving issues related to sterilizers and the processing, interpreting and recording Bowie Dick and biological test results. Functions independently in any Sterile Processing area and collaborates with other disciplines to provide quality patient care. Performs high-level disinfection using established policies and procedures as required. Decontaminate, reprocess and maintain flexible endoscopes Education: A. High School graduate or equivalent. B. Preferred graduate of a surgical technologist program C. Preferred Sterile Processing Certification Experience: Minimum of three months experience and/or fully competent in role Central Sterile Service or Sterile Processing. Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications. Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us raise the bar in patient care Methodist Hospital Texsan is a full service 120 bed acute care hospital specializing as one of South Texas's premier heart and orthopedic hospitals. As an advanced center for cardiac care, we are certified in chest pain and heart failure with comprehensive cardiac services including research and clinical trials. Using state-of-the-art technology such as our robotics program, our orthopedic services, including the Joint Replacement Academy and the Center for Spine, boast some of the best clinical results in the industry. Methodist Hospital Texsan is the first hospital in San Antonio to receive the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Chest Pain Certification. We have also received the Heart Care Center National Distinction of Excellence award - the highest recognition a hospital can receive. Our excellence extends to our ICU which was awarded the Silver Beacon Award for Excellence. Our Level IV trauma emergency service is a leader in San Antonio in patient experience and efficiency. Our 30 bed Inpatient Rehab Unit has received the Rehabilitation Stroke Certification from the Joint Commission. Methodist Hospital Texsan has also been recognized by Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 3 years in a row and was a recipient of the 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award by Press Ganey. For more information please visit our website at and select Methodist Hospital Texsan under Locations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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