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Central Sterile Department Tech IV

Employer
Altru Health System
Location
Grand Forks, ND
Salary
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Industry
Healthcare
Role
IT
Job Type
Long-Term

Job Details

Job Summary

The Technician IV holds a certification in surgical instrument reprocessing and demonstrates competency in performing core duties; Surgery Instrumentation Case Build, Instrument and Equipment Decontamination, Instrument Sterilization, and Surgical Instrument Assembly. Technician may be trained in additional areas of supply management and scope reprocessing. Technicians work as a team to assure all instruments and supplies are ready and available for surgical and procedural patient care. Technicians may complete advanced education and training to advance to Technician V.
Essential Job Functions
Demonstrates the ability to prioritize job duties and requirements to meet standards.

Documents and communicates all information as required.
Holds certification in surgical instrument reprocessing, demonstrating competency in performing duties in the following areas.
  • Assembles and distributes instruments according to standards. Completes instrument management, including emergency carts.
  • Performs instrument, equipment, and non-lumen or single channel scope decontamination procedures according to standards. Operates all decontamination equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks to standards.
  • Performs instrument sterilization procedures according to standards. Operates all sterilization equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks, ensuring all recall and collection variances are completed per standards.
  • Inspects, inventories, assembles, and packages simple and complex surgical instruments and sets for sterilization.
May perform duties and be trained in the following additional areas.
  • Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management.
  • Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies.
  • Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management, including receiving, back orders, etc. Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies. Responds to emergency events with supplies and carts to standard.
  • Processes patient use supply charges and credits. Completes audits of charge processes. Performs all inventory processes and functions as resource, including surgical special orders and implant fulfillment.
  • Assembles and distributes surgical supplies and instrumentation to standards. Completes instrumentation management. Inventories and process discrepancies in surgery cases. Oversees department instrument flow and coordinates with surgery department.
  • Performs decontamination and disinfection of complex, multi-channel scopes without elevator mechanisms. Performs high level disinfection of semi-critical and critical instrumentation.

Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Safety & Compliance
  • Demonstrates understanding and follows infection control policies and procedures according to standard operating procedure.
  • Maintains requirements for age specific competencies for the position and demonstrates the knowledge or principles of growth and developments and the skills necessary to provide patient/customer care/services.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of and compliance with:
    • All pertinent safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
    • Working safely, without causing harm or risk to self, others or property.
    • The work environment safety procedures and prompt reporting of unsafe practices, procedures, accidents, injuries or other safety violations to the Leader.
    • The use of all safety equipment and personal protective equipment.

Driving Requirements
  • Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
  • Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
  • Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
  • Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.
Driving Requirements
Driving Category

Infrequent Driver
License, Certification & Registration
Title

Credentialing Body

Timeframe When Needed

Verified By

Certified Registered Central Services Technician

International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM)

Prior to Start Date

HR Primary Sources

Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician

Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD)

Prior to Start Date

HR Primary Sources

Notes: May be certified in one or the other.
Experience
Experience

Required/Preferred

A minimum of 6 months of related experience

Preferred
Knowledge & Skills
Title

Required/Preferred

Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills.

Required

Demonstrates the ability to be a team player, able to handle conflict and adapt to change.

Required

Demonstrates the ability to multitask and be detail-oriented.

Required
Physical Demands
Frequency
8 Hour Shift 10 Hour Shift 12 Hour Shift Rarely (1-4%) 1-19 min 1-24 min 1-29 min Occasionally (5-33%) 19 min-2.6 hrs 24 min-3.3 hrs 29 min-3.9 hrs Frequently (34-66%) 2.6-5.3 hrs 3.3-6.6 hrs 3.9-7.9 hrs Continuously (67-100%) 5.3-8 hrs 6.6-10 hrs 7.9-12 hrs Physical Demands
Activity

Frequency

Sit

Occasionally (5-33%)

Stand

Continuously (>67%)

Walk

Continuously (>67%)

Stoop/Bend

Occasionally (5-33%)

Reach

Frequently (34-66%)

Climb

Rarely (67%)

See

Continuously (>67%)

Hear

Continuously (>67%)
Weight Demands
Activity

Amount

Lift - Floor to Waist Level

Light (10-20 pounds)

Carry

Medium (20-40 pounds)

Push/Pull

Medium (20-40 pounds)

Slide/Transfer

Not Applicable
Working Conditions
Condition

Frequency

Indoor

Continuously (>67%)

Outdoor

Rarely (<5%)

Extreme Temperature

Not Applicable
Employee Health
Functional Assessment

Hazardous Drug Exposure

Fit Testing Required

I

Yes

No

Company

Do what you love. Make a difference. Join our team of over 4,000 health professionals and support staff committed to caring for the region for more than 100 years.

At Altru Health System, we are serious about providing an exceptional patient experience and positively impacting the communities we serve. Our physician-led, community-owned, not-for-profit health system serves over 225,000 residents in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. We are a proud member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply or interview for a position, please contact careers@altru.org or 701.780.5123.

Company info
Website
Telephone
701-780-5123
Location
Grand Forks
North Dakota
US

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