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Job Description
Overview:
Job Description Summary:
Cleans, sterilizes, and assembles surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies. Ensures quality, safety, and service for all hospital departments and off-sites requiring sterile supplies.
Job Description:
Essential Functions:
Sorts, disassembles, and cleans surgical instruments and equipment. Prepares and sterilizes instruments using various sterilization processes. Operates and maintains washing and sterilization equipment according to standard procedures. Inspects for and reports any malfunctions to the manager. Performs quality control on all instruments and scopes, checking for visual damage, sharpness, cleanliness, and working condition. Maintains inventory and requests repairs or replacements as needed. Maintains accurate and appropriate documentation of inventory and of daily production and quality control. Collaborates with healthcare professionals to ensure that sterile instruments and equipment are available when needed. Maintains assigned work areas and equipment in a clean, organized, and safe environment. Assists in training and orientation of co-workers.
Education Requirement:
High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
Licensure Requirement:
(not specified)
Certifications:
Certified Central Service Technician or ability to become certified within one year of hire, preferred. Certificate of Completion from an accredited Surgical Scrub Technical program, preferred.
Skills:
Working knowledge of standards of infection control.
Color vision, Computer skills, Depth perception, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Machinery, Peripheral vision, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing - Far/near, Standing, Walking Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above: (not specified) "The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet" The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children's Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose. Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission. We're 15,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we'll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere. Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children's badge what they do for a living. They'll tell you it's More Than a Job. It's a calling. It's a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere. Nationwide Children's Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.
