Certified SPD Technician

Job Description

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as the No. 4 hospital in the nation, according to the U.S. and World News Report. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As an SPD Technician, you will:
-Be responsible for safe efficient practices for decontamination, instrument assembly, wrapping and sterilization of all reprocessed instruments, distribution equipment, and case cart management.
-Support departmental initiatives to meet productivity standard and flexible staffing needs.

Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.

Job Responsibilities:

Performs case pull functions.
Determines appropriate case carts to be built for specialty procedures.
Builds case carts ensuring adherence to procedures.
Dispatches case carts to ensure they are available to surgical/clinical procedures.
Performs record keeping functions, e.g. processing, sterilization, quality assurance, etc.
Performs ordering, stocking and inventory control functions.
Maintains adequate levels, inventories, and orders supplies; stock supplies.
Participates in in-service education.
Other duties as assigned.

Education:

High School Diploma/GED.

Certifications:

Certified Registered Central Sterile Technician (CRCST) or Certified Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).

Competencies (Complexity of Work):

Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment.

Work Experience:

Preferred one year experience in central service/sterile processing areas and successful completion of recognized training program with certification in central service/sterile processing.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to perform duties while standing, sitting, stooping, and reaching for long periods of time; ability to lift up to 25 pounds on a continual basis; ability to push, pull, and navigate carts weighing up to 200 pounds and manual dexterity sufficient to perform the basic functions of the job; exposure to environments of bacterial and viral contamination, and possible exposure to sterilization gases.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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