Central Sterile Technician at Altru Health in Grand Forks, North Dakota

Job Description:

Location:

Altru Hospital1200 S.Columbia Rd.Grand Forks, ND 58201


Pay Range: $17.07 - $25.60



Summary:

Altru is currently hiring for a Central Sterile Tech I, but would consider hiring a Central Sterile Tech II, Central Sterile Tech III, or Central Sterile Tech IV.


Hourly pay range for each level:


- Central Sterile Tech I: $ 17.07 - 25.60


- Central Sterile Tech II: $17.92 - 26.88


- Central Sterile Tech III: $19.76 - 29.64


- Central Sterile Tech IV: $21.79 - 32.68


Schedule: 40 hours per week, rotating Days/Evenings, every third weekend, rotating holidays.


Technician I performs surgical and procedural supply and instrument distribution, inventory, and management. The technician will be trained in one to four areas in the Central Sterile Department including supply management, surgery case build, decontamination, and sterilization. Technicians work as a team to assure all instruments and supplies are ready and available for surgical and procedural patient care. Technicians will complete training and education to advance to Technician II.



Essential Job Functions:

• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize job duties and requirements to meet standards.
  
  


• Documents and communicates all information as required.
  
  


• Performs tasks and is trained in a portion of the following areas.
  
  


• Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management.
  
  


• Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies.
  
  


• Assembles and distributes supplies to standards. Completes supply management, including receiving, back orders, etc. Inventories and processes discrepancies in patient case supplies. Responds to emergency events with supplies and carts to standard.
  
  


• Assembles and distributes instruments according to standards. Completes instrument management, including emergency carts.
  
  


• Performs instrument, equipment, and non-lumen or single channel scope decontamination procedures according to standards. Operates all decontamination equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks to standards.
  
  


• Performs instrument sterilization procedures according to standards. Operates all sterilization equipment. Performs all quality assurance integrity checks, ensuring all recall and collection variances are completed per standards.
  
  


• Inspects, inventories, assembles, and packages single instruments or clinic procedure sets for sterilization.
  
  


• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
  
  

Physical Demand
s :



• Sit: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Stand: Continuously (67-100%)
• Walk: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Rarely (1-4%)
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Frequently (34-66%)
• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)



Weight Demands:



• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Light (10-20 pounds)
• Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Heavy (40-100 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable



Working Conditions:



• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Rarely (1-4%)
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable



Driving Requirement Definitions:

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  Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.


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  Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.


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  Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.


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  Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Infrequent Driver


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