Sterile Processing Tech Full Time Varied

CHA Hollywood Presbyterian (CHA HPMC) is a nationally recognized acute care facility that has been caring for the Hollywood community and Los Angeles Areas since 1924.

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The best women’s hospital in Los Angeles is looking for current RN candidates to staff Operating Room, Emergency Department, Labor & Delivery and Mother-Baby care units to be housed in our expanding new patient tower facility scheduled to open next year.

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Position Summary :

The primary responsibility of the Central Sterile Processing Technician is to prevent the growth and cross contamination of harmful microorganisms that will cause a negative effect for our patients, doctors, staff members, HPMC internal and external customers, and to themselves.

This position accomplishes the primary responsibility by ensuring that all surgical instruments, scopes, power equipment, and sterilization containers are properly inventoried, decontaminated, inspected, assembled, packaged (containerized, wrapped, or peel packed), sterilized, and stored in the correct environment in a quality / time manner.

Our main customers are Main Surgery, Labor and Delivery, and other areas that require sterile instrumentation.

• Performs duties as a CSPD tech independently, works proficiently without constant supervision and when competent helps train new employees.
• Identifies and uses appropriate methods and solutions to sort, disassemble, decontaminate, rinse, and disinfect instruments, scopes, surgical power tools, and clinical equipment.
• Operates and troubleshoots cleaning equipment.
• Appropriately handles garbage, linen, and bio-hazardous materials.
• Maintains safety standards within the decontamination area.
• Consistently uses recipes (count sheets) to correctly assemble, protect, wrap containerize and / or peel package and label instruments.

Identifies and inspects instruments for cleanliness and functionality

Knows and follows correct principles of sterilization. Selects appropriate sterilization efficacy of the sterilization process is required.

Performing HLD (high level disinfection) is required (will train).Contacts BIOMED if sterilizers are not functioning properly, informs manager of CSPD, and surgery.

If a steam sterilizer fails a leak test the autoclave is taken out of service, and biomed is a clean work area. Completes assigned housekeeping dutiesMust build and have good rapport with both internal & external customers;

polite and be able to work consistently and efficiently at all be able to use good judgment in handling personnel / customer dependable, punctual and a self- Processing Technician must be able to assemble 15 surgical instrumentation trays a day

Qualifications : Minimum Education :

Minimum Education :

Preferred Education :

N / A

Minimum Work Experience and Qualifications :

Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

Preferred Work Experience and Qualifications :

2 years’ experience with certification in sterile processing preferred but will allow up to six months to become certified if not certified upon a confirmed hire.

Required Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation :

Certification is preferred upon hiring as a Certified Sterile Processing Tech. or Certified Surgical Technician with two years minimum experience in Central Sterile candidate has two years of experience and is a fit for HPMC but is not certified, then the candidate must accept as a condition of employment and continue employment with HPMC, to become certified within 6 months after central sterile processing grads with certification will be to maintain certification from : IAHCSMM or CBSPD;

or a qualified certifying body upon verification is CardFire Card

High school diploma required

Shift : Days

Hours : 8

Shift Hours : 10 : 00am - 6 : 30pm

Weekly Hours : 40

Type : Full-Time

FTE : 1.0