Medical Supply Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing The Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville, KY. The Medical Supply Technicians are expected to perform the following :

The primary purpose of this position is to perform a range of duties required to decontaminate, clean, prepare, store, and distribute medical supplies and equipment used in all areas of the hospital. Duties of the Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) may include but are not limited to :

• Inventories, replenishes shortages from sterile supply, inspects for sterility integrity for instrument sets and expendable items.
• Adheres to facility regulations regarding application and removal of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Rotates, restocks outdated supplies, and maintains stock levels of surgical supplies and equipment for wards, clinics, and the operating room.
• Initiates requests for items based on the daily schedule of needs or individual requisitions.
• Prepares individual surgical case carts with required instruments and surgical supplies for each scheduled and emergency operative procedure.
• Trains new and / or lower graded employees at the request of supervision.
• Receives a full range of reusable medical supplies, instruments and equipment from hospital wards, clinics, and operating rooms.
• Decontaminates reusable items by determining the appropriate method for removing gross contamination by means of manual cleaning procedures.
• Disassembles, decontaminates, and reassembles items as required.
• Operates automated reprocessing equipment such as the ultrasonic cleaner and washer / disinfectors in accordance with the device Instructions for Use (IFU).
• Conducts High-Level Disinfection (HLD) procedures by means of manual and automated processes while following the device(s) IFU's.
• Examines items and instruments for damage, deterioration, or imperfection.
• Maintains accurate written records of quality and preventative maintenance of such equipment.
• Follows all device specific Instructions for Use (IFU) and set forth Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) when conducting assembly and sterilization procedures.
• Assembles a wide variety of instrument trays and sets used for medical procedures including the operating room.
• Checks for damaged or missing items and arranges for replacements, maintenance, or repair as needed.
• Processes, assembles, and performs all phases of sterilization for intricate surgical trays and microsurgery instruments for the operating room (trays contain large numbers of unique, non-interchangeable, specialized surgical instruments of similar appearance, with minor variations in size, conformation, and nomenclature, but with major variation in application).
• Researches and applies the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Federal Drug Administration (FDA) standards as they pertain to sterile processing and the distribution of medical supplies

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