Sterile Processing Technician (Per Diem)
On-siteOrwigsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Retrieves, sorts, and decontaminates used materials, instruments, medical devices, and equipment from nursing units, operating rooms, emergency departments, delivery rooms, nurseries, and outpatient departments. Performs quality checks for cleanliness, sharpness, and proper functioning of instruments. Performs high-level disinfection on items that cannot be sterilized, assembles and wraps items in correct packaging, and sterilizes wrapped and packaged items by steam or ETO. Prepares case carts for the operating room. Standing for up to four hours per day, walking for up to four hours, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Requires SPD certification within 18 months of hire and completion of an eight-week concentrated orientation period.
Required Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent
- SPD certification
- Must be able to be added to the weekend on-call and holiday rotation
- Must be able to train full-time day shift hours for 8-12 weeks
- Standing for up to 4 hours per day, up to 2 hours at a time
- Walking for up to 4 hours per day, up to 2 hours at a time
- Sitting for up to 2 hours per day, 1 hour at a time
- Frequently uses fingers and hands for data entry, assembling instrument trays, picking items for case carts and packaging items
- Frequently uses upper extremities to lift up to 50 pounds
- Hearing ability sufficient to hear above noise level of operating equipment (sterilizers)
- Must be able to hear alarms and telephone
- Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, peripheral vision (must be able to detect defects in instruments, such as nicks, burrs, etc.)
- Frequently pushing and pulling carts weighing up to 200 pounds
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