Lead Sterile Processing Technician

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About Duke Raleigh Hospital, A Campus of Duke University Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. With 204-beds, it is the third largest of Duke Healthcare's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care.

General Description of the Job Class

The Sterile Processing Technician, Lead assists the OR staff in the organization and daily function of the operating room in accordance with established federal, state, accreditation standards and facility policies and procedures. Responsible for instrument decontamination, sterile processing, instrument care, safe handling procedures and documentation related to those activities.

Work Performed

The Sterile Processing Technician, Lead will be responsible for performing the responsibilities outlined in any / all of the categories below.

Operating Room Liaison :

• Assists the operating room staff in preparing the O.R. suite for surgery by assisting in instrument preparation.
• Works cooperatively with OR and Central Sterile to jointly resolve issues or develop better services for surgical implementation.
• Supports staff by ensuring communication with Central Sterile and OR staff helps ensure all instruments are available for surgery.
• Must be able to resolve issues or offer alternatives when necessary.
• Facilitates action required to obtain additional instruments during surgery and verifies that required instrumentation has been sterilized and is available for next-day, call or weekend cases.
• Addresses issues in communication / procedures by proactively reviewing OR schedule and suggesting modifications to ensure clear and precise communication and actions with all affected departments.
• Responds to problem calls from OR.
• Transports sterilized instrumentationto the O.R. area as needed.
• Documents and sends broken instrumentation out for repair.
• Completes documentation as required for instrument sets, etc (Case Cart, Post Case, and Tray Audits).
• Responds to problem calls from OR and meets with and works with OR staff and surgeons as required.

Site Lead :

SPM / Quality Auditor :

Preceptor :

All roles :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Experience

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Additional certification preferred in at least one of the areas below :

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