Sterile Processing Technician 2 at FMOL Health

Job Description

Decontaminates, assembles and inspects equipment and instruments, accurately operates sterilizers, and performs biological and integrator testing while maintaining record keeping systems under direct supervision and guidance from the Supervisor. The Sterile Processing Technician 2 rotates and restocks sterile supplies in accordance with infection control standards in an effort to ensure a safe and reliable atmosphere for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Job Standards and Performance Expectations Weight
• 1. Instrument Preparation
• a. Train new team members in all aspects of Sterile Processing
• b. Working knowledge of and ability to distinguish and process various surgical service line instruments.
• c. Decontaminates, assembles, and inspects equipment and instruments according to manufacturer IFU, departmental and infection control policies and procedures in order to promote health care service quality.
• d. Maintains knowledge of instrument sets and trays by identifying instrumentation on departmental count sheets in order to promote health care service quality.
• e. Uses steam and gas autoclaves, cart washers, and ultrasonic cleaners to sterilize instruments and equipment according to departmental and infection control standards. Initiates biological and Bowie-Dick tests for sterilizers and interprets and logs test results after sterilization in order to ensure that accurate surgical equipment quality control records are maintained. Maintain records of tests on all equipment.
• f. Carefully inspects linen quality and ensures that linen is packaged according to departmental specifications before sending to surgery. Rotates and restocks sterile supplies in stockroom in order to ensure conformity to infection control standards and the provision of high-quality health care services.
• g. Ability to effectively navigate Censitrac tracking system.
• h. Knowledge of vendor trays and the ability to research and implement accurate IFU's.
• i. Proper use of cleaning tools and knowledge of chemicals used to decontaminate or inspect instruments.
• j. Ability to identify instruments by description in surgical service.
• 2. Quality and Patient Safety
• a. Able to lead shift to complete priorities for patient care.
• b. Performs required biological, Bowie Dick, and integrator testing, and accurately records test results in order to ensure compliance with JCAHO guidelines for sterility testing.
• c. Assembles, inspects, and packages all instruments according to infection control standards in order to ensure a safe and reliable atmosphere for the provision of high-quality patient care services.
• d. Observes and adheres to all departmental and hospital policies and procedures, and follows all safety, quality assurance, and infection control standards.
• 3. Collaboration and Partnership
• a. Treats all co-workers with compassion, understanding, and respect, and strives to enhance co-worker performance through cooperative effort and action. Ensures efficient departmental operations by providing support when and where needed.
• b. Promotes the quality and efficiency of his/her own performance through participation in staff educational programs, approved continuing education courses, and specialized skill training programs.
• 4. Other Duties As Assigned
• a. Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
  

Qualifications

• High School or equivalent
• Completion of SPD Internship
• Certification via the Certification Board of Sterile Processing and Distribution, or the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management in one of the following areas: Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Tech (CSPDT), Flexible Endoscope Reprocessors (CFER), Certified Surgical Instrument Specialist (CSIS), Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST), Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER), Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS)
  
  

About Us

FMOL Health is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.

This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.

In The Last Fiscal Year, FMOL Health Had

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days
• 1,915 Active Medical Staff
• 229,296 Emergency Visits
  
  

As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.

Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.

Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.

Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.

As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.”