Sterile Processing Tech - Lead

Job Description

Additional Information About the Role We are hiring for a Sterile Processing Tech - Lead for the Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

As a lead tech, you will be responsible for ensuring all our surgical cases have the correct instrumentation for every case as well as ensuring that same day turn-overs are completed on time.

Our ideal candidate will be a Certified Registered Central Services Technician (CRCST) and must have experience with neuro / ent / ortho instrumentation.

Monday-Friday 6 : 30 a.m. - 3 : 00 p.m. Saturday / Sunday on-call from 7 : 00 a.m. - 3 : 30 p.m. every 5ish weeks Overview Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St.

Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services.

The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St.

Louis Children’s Hospital. Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care.

This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St.

Louis metro area. The Central Sterile Processing Department at Missouri Baptist Medical Center is dedicated to providing its customers with courteous and reliable service.

Central Sterile Processing is responsible for the reprocessing of instrumentation and supply distribution for Surgical Services and other departments, such as Labor and Delivery and the Emergency Department.

Preferred Qualifications Role Purpose Assists the supervisor in providing quality, cost-effective decontamination, sterilization, and distribution services.

Trains and directs CSPD staff, problem solves equipment failures and functions as a charge person in the absence of the Supervisor.

Responsibilities Assembles and processes instruments sets, trays, supplies and linen; prioritizes trays and tasks according to the surgery schedule.

Utilizes and troubleshoots steam sterilizers. Serves as the primary coordinator between surgical services and central supply sterile processing department in assigned clinical service area.

Provides training and guidance to staff. Minimum Requirements Education High School Diploma or GED Experience