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Posted : Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:25 AM
Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shifts
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 541 beds.
As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.
We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery.
Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
In February 2021, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center completed construction on two brand new critical care floors, located on the fourth and fifth floors of the Center for Advanced Medicine.
The department’s state-of-the-art rooms feature in-room dialysis connections, eICU telehealth capability and lifting equipment to safely mobilize and move patients.
To learn more visit https://www.
fsregional.
com/ .
Position Summary: Under the direction of department leadership, responsible for the proper decontamination, inspection, assembly, and high level disinfection and sterilization of surgical instruments.
Operates processing equipment.
Requires proficiency in instrument decontamination and assembly and knowledge of the sterilization methods available and which method is appropriate in correlation with the devices that are to be processed.
Responsibilities * Decontaminates surgical instruments according to manufacturer’s instructions or advised by the department leader.
Will operate all decontamination equipment including washer disinfectors, ultrasonic cleaners, cart washer, and automatic endoscope reprocessor (AER).
* Inspects instruments after decontamination, ensuring all items are clean, intact, functional, and accounted for.
* Assembles trays in a manner that ensures devise sterility as well as presenting a tray that is easy for the end user to access for use.
Uses count sheets to ensure trays are assembled accurately.
Interfaces with the instrument tracking system for all functions of processing.
* Packages or containerizes instrument sets according to manufacturer’s guidelines and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) standards.
Packages in a neat and proper technique ensuring easy, aseptic opening in the operating room.
* Loads sterilizer carts in a way to ensure packaged items are not punctured or compromised, loads containers and wrapped goods as recommended.
* Runs daily sterilizer tests on all steam and low temperature sterilizers.
* Operates sterilizer according to manufacturer’s instruction, ensuring load biological monitoring.
* Documents all load contents, interfaces load to tracking system, loads cycle confirming correct parameters, monitors sterilizer to tracking system information, and records all pertinent information (biological, mechanical, and chemical).
* Unloads sterilizers, ensuring items are not compromised, and stores in correct location according to tracking system storage locations.
* Follows endoscope manufacturer’s processing instructions and accepted standards/ guidelines.
* Responsible for the cleanliness of the department and all processing equipment.
* Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
Completes required education assignments annually.
Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience: Must have one (1) year surgical instrument or instrument technician experience.
Licensure Requirement: IAHCSMM (International Association for Healthcare Material Management) as a Certified Registered Sterile Processing Technician (CRCST) or CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing Technicians) as a Certified Sterile Processing Distribution Technician (CSPDT) certification is required.
Apply for this job online Refer this job to a friend Share on your newsfeed Job Type: Full-time Benefits: * 401(k) * 401(k) matching * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Life insurance * Paid sick time * Paid time off * Referral program * Tuition reimbursement Schedule: * 8 hour shift Work Location: In person
As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.
We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery.
Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
In February 2021, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center completed construction on two brand new critical care floors, located on the fourth and fifth floors of the Center for Advanced Medicine.
The department’s state-of-the-art rooms feature in-room dialysis connections, eICU telehealth capability and lifting equipment to safely mobilize and move patients.
To learn more visit https://www.
fsregional.
com/ .
Position Summary: Under the direction of department leadership, responsible for the proper decontamination, inspection, assembly, and high level disinfection and sterilization of surgical instruments.
Operates processing equipment.
Requires proficiency in instrument decontamination and assembly and knowledge of the sterilization methods available and which method is appropriate in correlation with the devices that are to be processed.
Responsibilities * Decontaminates surgical instruments according to manufacturer’s instructions or advised by the department leader.
Will operate all decontamination equipment including washer disinfectors, ultrasonic cleaners, cart washer, and automatic endoscope reprocessor (AER).
* Inspects instruments after decontamination, ensuring all items are clean, intact, functional, and accounted for.
* Assembles trays in a manner that ensures devise sterility as well as presenting a tray that is easy for the end user to access for use.
Uses count sheets to ensure trays are assembled accurately.
Interfaces with the instrument tracking system for all functions of processing.
* Packages or containerizes instrument sets according to manufacturer’s guidelines and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) standards.
Packages in a neat and proper technique ensuring easy, aseptic opening in the operating room.
* Loads sterilizer carts in a way to ensure packaged items are not punctured or compromised, loads containers and wrapped goods as recommended.
* Runs daily sterilizer tests on all steam and low temperature sterilizers.
* Operates sterilizer according to manufacturer’s instruction, ensuring load biological monitoring.
* Documents all load contents, interfaces load to tracking system, loads cycle confirming correct parameters, monitors sterilizer to tracking system information, and records all pertinent information (biological, mechanical, and chemical).
* Unloads sterilizers, ensuring items are not compromised, and stores in correct location according to tracking system storage locations.
* Follows endoscope manufacturer’s processing instructions and accepted standards/ guidelines.
* Responsible for the cleanliness of the department and all processing equipment.
* Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
Completes required education assignments annually.
Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience: Must have one (1) year surgical instrument or instrument technician experience.
Licensure Requirement: IAHCSMM (International Association for Healthcare Material Management) as a Certified Registered Sterile Processing Technician (CRCST) or CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing Technicians) as a Certified Sterile Processing Distribution Technician (CSPDT) certification is required.
Apply for this job online Refer this job to a friend Share on your newsfeed Job Type: Full-time Benefits: * 401(k) * 401(k) matching * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Life insurance * Paid sick time * Paid time off * Referral program * Tuition reimbursement Schedule: * 8 hour shift Work Location: In person
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• Location : 1901 Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, TN
• Post ID: 9001643281
