Sterile Processing Tech II, Staffing Center

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Job Description

General Summary

This is a PRN position.

Rotating Shifts

Under general supervision, decontaminates, disinfects, assembles, packages, stores and issues medical / surgical instruments, supplies and equipment in accordance with UMMS policies and industry best practices and standards.  Fulfillment of the job duties requires the employee to have access to medication storage areas.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.  Depending on departmental needs, individual interest and skill set, the incumbent may be assigned to perform duties in certain categories but not others. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel in this classification. Preceptor for trainees after demonstrated and documented proficiency. e.g. - decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization; TOR; case cart assembly, sterile storage and distribution. May assist with basic trouble shooting of equipment used with flexible endoscopes.

1.     Decontamination / Retrieval of Soiled Instruments from Patient Care Units

Performs decontamination activities, to render instrumentation and other medical devices clean and safe for handling.

• Adheres to dress code required for the handling of soiled medical devices and decontamination activities.
• Chooses the correct cleaning tools to include brushes, sponges and detergents. Uses chemicals in proper dilution for effective cleaning and disinfection.
• Correctly operates mechanical decontamination equipment according to departmental procedures and following the manufacturer’s operating instructions.
• Exercises safe handling practices to prevent cross-contamination such as following a one-way work flow and in the handling of sharps to prevent injury to self and others.
• Performs routine cleaning and disinfection activities to ensure a clean work environment.
• Retrieves contaminated instrument sets from patient care areas for processing; practices proper techniques in the identification, containment and handling of contaminated instruments in transport to prevent spills and other cross contamination events.

2.    Prep and Pack / Assembly

Inspects, assembles and prepares instrumentation for terminal sterilization in accordance with established sterile processing practices and standards.

3.    Sterilization

Performs sterilization activities in accordance with established procedures utilizing high and low temperature sterilization methods and related equipment.

4.    Sterile Storage / Case Carts

Responsible for accurately assembling and delivering case carts to the surgical suite; this includes regular scheduled, wait list, add-ons and emergent cases.

Dispenses and deliver instruments and equipment to nursing departments and clinics.

Pulls surgical instrumentation to include sets, peel packaged items and loaner sets in addition to disposable supplies such as totes or packs that are required for the case cart.

Maintains knowledge of surgical procedures, supplies and products.

Immediately reports supplies and / or instrumentation outages to CS leadership for action.

Initiates supply returns to ensure accurate inventory levels are maintained.

Frequently monitors the sterile storage area for events that may compromise the integrity of the items stored in this area to include, expired items, torn, holes, damaged or missing tamper evident locks and indicator tape.

Scans trays and peel package items to the correct shelf location.

5.    HLD and Flexible / Rigid Endoscope Processes

Performs decontamination activities, to render flexible scopes, transesophageal and other dilators clean and safe for handling. Adheres to dress code required for decontamination activities.

Performs high level disinfection in accordance with established procedures utilizing AER’s (Automatic Endoscopic Reprocessors).

Stores HLD flexible scopes and dilators in a manner to prevent re-contamination. Tip protectors may be used.

If compatible with sterilization method, prepares and packages flexible, rigid endoscopes and accessories for sterilization.

Cleans and restocks endoscopy procedure carts in accordance with departmental procedures.

Issues scopes utilizing hard containers designed for scope transport.

Assists clinical staff with at the point of use handling issues and equipment malfunctions.

Stores scopes and equipment in designated storage areas for distribution.   Cleans storage shelves to maintain a clean work environment.

Assists with retrieval of contaminated scopes from patient care areas for sterile processing.  Practices proper techniques in the containment and handling of contaminated scopes and equipment to prevent cross-contamination, in accordance with department standards and accepted safe and sterile handling practices.

6.    Other Requirements

May be assigned as a preceptor to new hires and / or trainees.

Attends all mandatory hospital and department in-service training and safety training annually.  Attends a minimum of one external educational seminar per year.

Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, and quality and safety standards.

Attends at least one off-site conference related to updates in reprocessing medical devices.

If assigned to flexible endoscope reprocessing must remain current with annual competencies related to flexible scope, TEE Probes, dilators and other medical devices requiring high-level disinfection and anytime a new process or change in process is introduced. May perform these tasks under general supervisor.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

1.    High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) is required.

2.    6 months or more years of CSP experience. 2 yrs CSP experience preferred

3.    Must be certified CRCST or CBSPDT. If assigned to reprocessing flexible endoscopes, must obtain certification in scope reprocessing within 12 months of assumption of those duties.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1.    Basic knowledge of the use of a PC and computerized database system preferred or demonstrated ability to learn within one year.

2.    Effective verbal and written communication skills are necessary in order to work with various clinical personnel, resolve problems and to properly identify and label supplies for inventory purposes.

Patient Safety

Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.

1.    Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety

2.    Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.

3.    Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation :

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