Job Description
Division/Department: Ambulatory Surgery Center/Sterile Processing Location: Albany & Clifton Park Job Title: Sterile Processing Technician (SPT) Reports to: OR Charge Nurse; Clinical Nurse Manager Grade: N/A Type of position: Full Time Part Time Per-Diem Intern FLSA Status: Non-Exempt GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for preparation of instrumentation for surgical procedures. The position entails cleaning/decontamination, assembly of sets, and sterilization. The Sterile Processing Tech is also responsible for ensuring that the required testing of processing equipment is completed and the required documentation and logs are maintained utilizing standards and guidelines from the NYSDOH, AORN, AAAHC, OSHA, CDC, AAMI and instrument manufacture in the cleaning and processing of instrumentation. RESPONSIBILITIES Opens the processing department according to policy and procedure; Performs start up procedures and testing of instrument washers and autoclaves. Documents outcomes; Receives dirty instruments/sets in decontamination area, disassembles sets and prepares for processing in instrument washer; Assures that instruments that cannot be cleaned via automated process and are appropriately cleaned and decontaminated; Assembles instrument sets according to inventory sheet; prepares for autoclaving; loads and initiates appropriate cycle; Performs biological testing on all loads that contain implants, logs, and documents appropriately; Operates all required equipment and machinery accurately and safely; Notifies the Charge Nurse and Clinical Nurse Manager of processing equipment malfu