Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes theWomen's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

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Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

The primary purpose of Sterile Processing is to assist in direct patient care by ensuring the OR staff has correct, fully
functional, sterile instrumentation delivered in a timely manner consistent with the highest standards of customer
service. SPD Techs are asked to perform the four basic departmental functions (decontamination, prep and pack,
sterilization, and dispatch) with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy. Further, the manner in which an SPD Tech will
perform these duties will be characterized by resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism. Techs are
expected build and maintain a comprehensive body of knowledge with respect to the standards and procedures
associated with the preparation, sterilization, storage, and delivery of surgical instrumentation.

ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provide quality customer service to all customers, including co-workers.
2. Perform duties in a safe manner, to prevent injury to self, patients, visitors or other hospital personnel.
3. Contribute to maintaining supplies and sterile items for use throughout the hospital. Keeps department clean, neat,
and well organized.
4. Performs cleaning and decontamination duties. Works quickly yet safely and thoroughly addresses all
instrumentation taking into account any unique cleaning demands.
5. Performs wrapping and packaging duties. Prioritizes work; focuses on consistent throughput; accountable for
knowledge and expertise with respect to all instruments.
6. Performs sterilization and all monitoring activities associated with it. Knowledgeable with respect to biological
monitoring; organized and efficient.
7. Performs dispatch duties. Polite and knowledgeable with all OR staff; organized and efficient; ensures the
department is meeting all the OR’s needs.
8. Contributes to all official departmental business in a professional manner.
9. Displays behavior that is consistent with a thorough understanding of the SPD Mission, Vision, and Values (see SPD
MVV).
10. Other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications