Jeff Temp - Sterile Processing Technician

Jeff Temps, Jefferson's in-house temp service, is seeking CERTIFIED Sterile Processing Technicians to work full-time hours in our Center City location. All shifts available: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

Primary Responsibilities: Skill in the decontamination, tray assembly and sterilization of surgical instruments for the Operating Room and other departments requiring the reprocessing of surgical instrumentation. Essential Functions:

Cleans, disassembles sorts, decontaminates, reassembles, packages and sterilizes reusable surgical instrumentation following manufacturer's guidelines and departmental policy and procedure. Operates automated washers, cart washers, ultrasonic washers, and sterilizers in a safe and efficient manner following manufacturers' written instructions and department policy and procedure Uses the Abacus Instrument Tracking System in the assembly of surgical trays and peel-pouched items. Demonstrates good communication skills, verbal and non-verbal, when interacting with internal and external customers.

Qualifications Education/ Experience Requirements: High school graduate or GED Minimum of six months experience in the decontamination, tray assembly, sterilization. Certificate Requirements:

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Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

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