Sterile Processing Technician

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and dedicated Sterile Processing Technician to join our team. In this crucial role, you will be responsible for sterilizing, processing, and maintaining supplies, instruments, and equipment in a fast-paced healthcare environment, ensuring the highest quality of care for our patients. This opportunity is for 8-hour shifts and is designated for the evening shift, with a 3:00 pm start time.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Supply Sterilization: Perform the decontamination, cleaning, disinfection, assembly, and sterilization of medical instruments, supplies, and equipment using approved sterilization techniques and equipment.

• Supply Restocking: Replenish and maintain storage of supplies and case cart systems to ensure the availability of sterile equipment and instruments for surgical and medical procedures.

• Inventory Control: Manage inventory control procedures, including labeling and proper documentation of sterilized packages, and monitor inventory levels to meet departmental needs.

• GI Scope Processing: Process and maintain endoscopic instruments, including GI scopes, to the highest standards, ensuring patient safety and infection control.

• Quality Assurance: Report faulty equipment, deficiencies in procedures, and non-compliance with sterilization standards, contributing to the safety and quality of patient care.

• Educational Participation: Actively participate in educational programs and in-service meetings to stay updated on best practices, new technologies, and changes in sterilization protocols.

• Timeliness: Perform all duties efficiently and under urgent timelines to support surgical schedules and patient care.

Your qualifications should include:

• Post High School Vocational/Specialized Training.

• Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.

• Certified Registered Central Service Technician or 1 year of sterile processing experience in an acute care setting.

• Maintains knowledge in surgical and medical technology through inservices/courses.

• BLS (through the American Heart Association), is required.

• CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) is preferred.

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