Sterile Processing Tech PD

As our Sterile Processing Professional, you will be a critical guardian of patient safety, ensuring surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation.

Every day, you will expertly perform decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy, delivering instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism. You will continuously expand your knowledge of standards and procedures for surgical instrumentation.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a rigorous commitment to infection control, ensuring optimal surgical outcomes with a professional demeanor.

• Utilizes the AIDET principle to communicate with others, with a focus on patients and their families.
• Acknowledge Introduce Explain Duration Thank
• Makes regular pick-ups from all units of all contaminated equipment in a timely fashion.
• Keeps contaminated supplies and equipment properly covered when transporting
• Decontaminates equipment, instruments and all other reusable items.
• Uses PPE (personal protective equipment) Understands pathogen transference Cleans effectively / competently utilizing manufacturer's recommended practices
• No returned instruments for re-cleaning
• Utilizes ONE SOURCE documents to identify appropriate cleaning & sterilization /decontamination method
• Operates washer/decontaminator and ultrasonic machines.
• Understands proper loading techniques
• Checks machine chemical levels
• Knows who to contact when machines malfunction
• Performs high-level disinfectant usage, monitoring, and disposal. Monitors solution daily and checks outdate Proper use of neutralizer for disposal Follows spill procedures
• Assembles surgical instrument trays according to check off list.
• Reads and updates check off list as needed Notifies manager of missing instruments Removes / replaces broken instruments
• Clearly labels outside of container or wrapper if there are missing items

Required

• Previous Sterile Processing Technician experience
• Completion of Sterile Processing Technician Training

Preferred

• 2-3 years of Sterile Processing Technician experience in an acute care hospital

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care, comprehensive care in cardiac, orthopedics, oncology, women’s and children’s services, we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.
Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

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