Medical Technician
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Medical Technician
Cheyenne Wyoming
@Orchard LLC is supporting the Veterans Administration under contract to support a wide range of medicalrelated opportunities throughout the VA network of facilities. We require experienced Medical Technicians located in Cheyenne WY to support the surgical facilities in the decontamination and servicing of a wide variety of critical surgical tools and equipment.As the Medical Technician your role will be to complete the following tasks.
- Assemble a full range of sets and trays used throughout the medical center including those used in the operating room.
- Assemble a wide range from simple sets of four or five instruments to very complex sets of up to ninety or one hundred instruments such as arthroscopic procedure sets earnosethroat (ENT) procedure sets lap chole sets eye procedure sets orthopedic full mouth extraction etc.
- Assemble delicate microsurgical sets such as microsurgical ear sets ENT plastic surgery microsurgical eye instruments etc. These sets contain stainless steel instruments titanium devices screws plates and other prostheses which require expert care and careful attention.
- Disassemble clean lubricate reassemble and sterilize dental handpieces and numerous dental specialty instruments and trays.
- Select the correct sterilizing medium and cycle and operate the sterilizer. Periodically monitor the operation of the sterilizer with prescribed tests.
- Properly load and operate sterilizers such as Steam hydrogen peroxide gas plasma (VPro) disinfecting units (Trophon) and a highlevel disinfecting scope reprocessor unit (Medivators).
- Select the correct sterilization method for items to be sterilized and proper disinfecting processes for disinfection.
- Monitor the performance of sterilizers for quality control by conducting bacteriological tests (bacillus stearothermophilus spores for evaluation of steam and bacillus subtillis for evaluation of hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilizers).
- Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States
- Must have demonstrated prior experience as a Medical Technician in a surgical setting.
- Must have an understanding of anatomy and physiology to understand how instrumentation is used including possible emergency substitution of tools where necessary.
- Minimum of 2 years of posthigh school education including classes in medical supply processing storage and distribution or related fields of study.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Contract
