Central Sterile Technician IV
Altru Health

Location:
Altru Hospital1200 S.Columbia Rd.Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $21.79 - $32.68

Summary:
*Tech IV's must be certified in Sterile Processing*

The Technician IV is trained and performs the duties of either Operating Room Liaison or Complex Scope Reprocessing. The technician holds a certification in surgical instrument reprocessing and demonstrates competency in performing associated core competencies. The technician performs surgical and procedural supply and instrument distribution, inventory, and management. The technician may be trained in and perform other departmental technician duties and positions. Technicians work as a team to assure all instruments and supplies are ready and available for surgical and procedural patient care

Essential Job Functions:

• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize job duties and requirements to meet standards.
  
• Documents and communicates all information as required.
  
• Performs duties and is trained in any either or both of the following areas. Assembles, manages and distributes surgical supplies and instrumentation to standards. Inventories and process discrepancies in surgery cases. Oversees department instrument flow and coordinates with surgery department. Manages shift operations. Functions as resource and leader in job tasks, communications, and personal performance. Performs decontamination and disinfection of complex, multi-channel scopes with elevator mechanisms. Performs high level disinfection of semi-critical and critical instrumentation. Oversees aspects of endoscope reprocessing practices, including training, scope inventories, and scope damage and repairs. Functions as a resource and leader within the department and liaison with Endoscopy services. Holds certification in surgical instrument reprocessing, demonstrating competency in performing duties in the following areas. Assembles and distributes instruments according to standards. Completes instrument management, including emergency carts. Performs instrument, equipment, and non-lumen or single channel scope decontamination procedures according to standards. Operates all decontamination equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks to standards. Performs instrument sterilization procedures according to standards. Operates all sterilization equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks, ensuring all recall and collection variances are completed per standards. Inspects, inventories, assembles, and packages simple and complex surgical instruments and sets for sterilization.
  
• May perform duties and be trained in the following additional areas. Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management. Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies. Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management, including receiving, back orders, etc. Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies. Responds to emergency events with supplies and carts to standard. Processes patient use supply charges and credits. Completes audits of charge processes. Performs all inventory processes and functions as resource, including surgical special orders and implant fulfillment. Assembles and distributes surgical supplies and instrumentation to standards. Completes instrumentation management. Inventories and process discrepancies in surgery cases. Oversees department instrument flow and coordinates with surgery department. Performs decontamination and disinfection of complex, multi-channel scopes without elevator mechanisms. Performs high level disinfection of semi-critical and critical instrumentation.
  

• Certification:
  
• Certified Registered Central Services Technician | Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
  
• Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician | Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
  
• Central Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) | Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) | Preferred | HR Primary Sources
  
• Notes:
• May be certified with HSPA or CBSPD
  
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
  

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Stand: Continuously (67-100%)
• Walk: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Rarely (1-4%)
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Frequently (34-66%)
• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Light (10-20 pounds)
• Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Rarely (1-4%)
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:
Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R4160

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