Lead Sterile Processing Tech
Edward-Elmhurst Health
- Arlington Heights, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Position: Lead Sterile Processing Technician
- Location: Northwest Community Hospital
- Full Time/Part Time: 40 hours
- Hours: 3:00pm-11:30pm/Rotating weekends and holidays required
- License: N/A
- Education: High school Diploma or GED required
- Certification: Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM) required.
- Experience: Three years sterile processing experience plus one year as a senior tech required or five years sterile processing experience required
- Skills: Computer proficiency with Outlook required
- Assist in running the department when supervisor is unavailable.
- Ability to inform management items and supplies needed to order, and assist in locating any needed instrumentation and to adjust work flow as needed to keep up with OR demand.
- Oversee the departmental needs on a daily basis.
- Provide hospital and affiliated facilities with sterile processed materials and equipment
- Execute established procedures for decontamination assembly, packaging sterilization and surgical case cart set up practices by ensuring quality product for patient care
- Follow established procedures to ensure decontamination completion
- Place sterile items in appropriate areas for distribution, ensuring the items are accurately labeled by department