Sterile Processing Tech II
Houston, TX - USA
Job Summary
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.
- Troubleshoots equipment within Department
- Prepare work area at beginning of shift.
- Maintains a clean and safe work area at all times. Participates in routine cleaning activities (i.e. sterilizers surface areas storage carts etc.)
- Transports and decontaminates all soiled instrumentation and equipment to a state of cleanliness disinfection and disposes of all infectious items according to established procedures
- Maintains customer focuses and service responsiveness by answering incoming calls in a timely manner and responding immediately to emergency requests
- Assures accuracy in the assembly and packaging of all necessary instrumentation special trays and equipment for sterilization. Inspects and lubricates all instruments according to manufacturer recommendations to insure cleanliness and proper working order
- High School Graduate upon hire or
- High School GED upon hire and
- More than 1 year of experience upon hire
- None upon hire
Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center is an 1045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine Baylor St. Lukes is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care neuroscience oncology transplantation and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experiencemodeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients visitors staff and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care research and education.