Sterile Processing Tech

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Corpus Christi, Texas

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The role involves monitoring sterilizers and processing medical instruments and supplies to ensure they are safe for surgical and patient care use. Responsibilities include decontamination, tray setup, and maintaining detailed records of sterilization parameters.

Qualifications

You have a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of experience in instrument and supply care within a hospital setting. You are responsible for decontaminating, setting up, and sterilizing instruments according to strict protocols and standards.

Must Have Skills for ATS

HSPA certification

Job Description

Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family.

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.

General Purpose of Job:

Monitors sterilizers and environment for sterilization, and processes instruments and supplies for use and reuse in a safe and timely manner to meet surgical and other patient care needs within the hospital.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
  • Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 
  • Break down and decontaminate instruments following procedure according to protocols.
  • Set up trays and prepare for sterilization.
  • Sterilize instruments and supplies according to Operating Room, Central Processing and manufacturer protocols and standards.
  • Monitors sterilization process and maintains daily, permanent record of sterilization parameters according to hospital protocols and local, state and AAMI. standards. 
  • Maintains a clean environment by following daily cleaning protocol.
  • Maintains inventory of supplies and instruments.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • Related hospital experience of minimum of 1 year in care of instruments, equipment or supplies, preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.

  • Certification by HSPA preferred

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN

DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HEALTH PLAN is a hospital & health care company based out of 615 N Upper Broadway St, Corpus Christi, TX, United States. DHP is a non-profit, community based health insurance plan in south Texas which is part of the Driscoll Children's Health System. DHP products include STAR Medicaid, STAR Kids, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal plans and covers 24 counties with over 6,000 providers and 230,000 members within the Driscoll network.
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