Job Summary: Under indirect supervision, provides a product that has been made safe and or sterile for patient care. Decontaminates, disinfects, prepares, sterilizes, stores, and distributes medical instruments, linen, equipment, and medical supplies. Picks and assembles case carts. Disinfects, stores and distributes durable medical equipment. Maintains responsibility for assigned area. Operates washer/sterilizers, washers/decontaminators, gas, starred, and steam sterilizers. Performs Bowie Dick and biological testing and maintains accurate records. Uses SPM, Case Cart, Mainframe, MMS, and other related software programs daily. Responds to telephone and computer requests per department policy. Maintaining high standards of the medical center by adhering to local, regional, Infection Control, and Regulatory agencies. Coordinates with all service departments adequate supplies and equipment for day-to-day operations while promoting safety by using good mechanics and Universal Precautions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Picks up contaminated supplies and equipment according to aseptic standards and returns:
• Sterile Processing.
• Disassembles, and cleans or decontaminates medical instruments, supplies, and equipment.
• Uses approved disinfectants, detergents, and ultrasound cleaning.
• Assembles, inspects, tests, wraps, and dates medical instruments, supplies, and equipment.
• Uses guides as illustrated in manuals or lists aseptically; notifies manager of needed repairs.
• Properly loads and operates EtO, Steam Steris, and Sterrad sterilizers.
• Performs biological testing and maintains accurate biological and sterilization records.
• Biological testing on Sterrads.
• Makes own test ampules while observing sterile technique.
• Stages and provides delivery of processed items to user departments.
• Manages (DME) inventory tracking using SPM.
• Maintains inventory of items within the department using Event Related concepts.
• Operates Room Case Schedule; reviews, analyzes, and determines preference sheets to be utilized.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality services.
• Performs inter-shift report.
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment.
• Reports any equipment problems to supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• N/A.

Education

• High school diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Central Service Technician Certificate within three (3) months of hire

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of surgical instruments for all Surgical Services.
• Able to run HiVac sterilizer, ultrasound and washer sterilizer, disinfector, and gravity displacement autoclaves.
• Legible writing, strong verbal skills, and computer skills.

Notes:

• Variable position: days and hours may vary.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

• Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.