Sterile Processing Technician II

About This Role

The Sterile Processing Technician II is responsible for decontaminating, cleaning, packaging, sterilizing, storing, and distributing medical and surgical equipment and supplies in Woodland Hills Med Center, ensuring compliance with relevant guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Fill orders from requesting departments
• Make equipment rounds and return soiled equipment to SPD
• Clean equipment per manufacturers' recommendations and validate functionality prior to storage
• Validate PM status on equipment issued from and returned to SPD per department policy
• Answer phones
• Inventory and restock supplies, and specialty carts (e.g., isolation, latex, crash carts) per department policy
• Order specialty beds and other patient equipment per medical center practice
• Disassemble, clean, or decontaminate surgical instruments per manufacturers' recommendations including ultrasonic cleaning
• Assemble, inspect, test, wrap, and date all OR sets including specialty sets per department protocol according manufacturers' recommendations
• Operate all equipment in Sterile Processing Department including, but not limited to, steam sterilizers, plasma sterilizers, automated endoscope reprocessors, biological incubators, heat sealers, instrument and cart washers
• Use instrument and equipment tracking system in all areas of Sterile Processing Department including documentation of tests and sterilizer records
• Examine and maintain integrity of sterile packages
• Prepare OR case carts according to preference cards on all surgical procedures
• Promote, ensure, and improve customer service to internal and external customers
• Able to work in a collaborative environment