Certified Instrument Technician – Atrium Health Pineville Main Position Available In Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Tallo's Job Summary: The Certified Instrument Technician at Atrium Health Pineville Main ensures proper decontamination, assembly, inspection, packaging, sterilization, storage, distribution, and tracking of surgical instruments. This role requires adherence to safety standards, proficiency in various service lines, and the ability to work with complex surgical instrumentation. Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent, 4 years of experience, and certification as a CSPDT or CRCST.
Job Description
- Job Summary
- Ensures all surgical instruments and equipment are decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked based on quality and infection prevention standards. Demonstrates proficiency in four service lines and the ability to work with complex surgical instrumentation.
- Essential Functions
- + Adheres to safety standards.
Transports and handles soiled items and sterile items with appropriate traffic flow. + Identifies, responds & reports malfunctions and/or alarms. + Performs efficacy and quality testing for all processes and equipment. + Identifies manual and/or mechanical cleaning according to the manufacturer’s IFU for all general, laparoscopic, robotic, orthopedic, neuro, cardiovascular, ophthalmologic, power, instrumentation. + Performs flexible scope processing utilizing High Level Disinfection (HLD). + Determines, prepares, and uses supplies required in the assembly process. + Identifies, inspects, assembles general and specialty instruments checking for cleanliness & functionality utilizing count sheets. + Packages and labels instrumentation following standards. + Safely determines sterilization equipment functionality, operation, monitoring, and maintenance with verification and documentation of sterilization process. + Performs high temperature (steam) and low temperature (gas plasma, ethylene oxide, liquid chemical) sterilization.
- Physical Requirements
- Works in-patient care areas independently under stressful conditions. Continuous standing and walking; bending and/or stooping; reaching and/or stretching; pushing and/or pulling heavy loads. Ability to lift to 40 lbs.
- Education, Experience and Certifications.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
4 years experience required. Certified Sterile Processing Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required. Membership in a professional central/sterile processing organization preferred.
