<span>Sterile Processing Tech PRN</span>

HCA Healthcare - Corpus Christi, TX

Full-time

Corpus Christi, TX

501-1,000 employees

Hospitals

About the position

The Sterile Processing Technician (PRN) at Corpus Christi Medical Center plays a crucial role in ensuring patient safety by meticulously cleaning, decontaminating, assembling, sterilizing, and storing reusable surgical instruments. This position is vital for providing necessary instruments for surgeries and other hospital departments, emphasizing attention to detail and dedication to high standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Inspects, assembles, and tests general and specialty instrumentation for proper functioning.
• Identifies tray type by contents of instrument tray.
• Identifies malfunctioning instruments and replaces or reports instruments that need repair or are missing.
• Operates and maintains all sterilization equipment, such as autoclaves, ultrasonic washers, and cart washers.
• Maintains accurate and complete documentation of all washing, sterilization, daily machine testing, proper testing after machine repair, temperature, humidity, air pressure, early release of implants, and eye wash station testing.
• Prepares, assembles, and packages all instruments for surgery and other hospital departments.
• Prepares surgical sets, instruments, and trays according to prescribed procedures, ensuring that all instrumentation is correct and accurate.
• Pulls customized case cart sheets for all surgical procedures and prepares case carts.
• Inventories, maintains and supplies OR storage areas, specialty lockers, carts and equipment used.
• Audits trays for decontamination, washing, assembly, sterilization, implant usage, and instrument count sheets and tracks loaner equipment.
• Creates and maintains accurate records regarding inventories, instrument set content, sterilized goods, biological test results, sterilization, and washing records for infection control practice.

Requirements

• Certification in Sterile Processing is preferred.
• Previous experience in an Operating Room, Central Supply or other Material Management setting is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage with low copay options.
• Dental and vision benefits.
• Life and disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity).
• Auto and home insurance.
• Identity theft protection.
• Legal counseling.
• Long-term care coverage.
• Moving assistance.
• Pet insurance.
• Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny.
• Free counseling services for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Family support including adoption assistance and child care resources.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage).