Central Sterile Processing
Company: HCA
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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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.
Keywords: HCA, San Antonio , Central Sterile Processing, Other , San Antonio, Texas
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