Description :
Job Title Sterile Processing Technician
Category Medical/Technical Positions Available
Site Cooperstown
Status FT
Shift Evenings
Description
Full time, evenings
Full time, days w/ rotating weekends
Responsibilities:
Uses fundamental concepts of cleaning and decontaminating soiled surgical instruments and equipment
Prepares surgical instruments and equipment for assembly of OR and house trays for sterilization
Operates and prepares all sterilization equipment of sterilization
Delivers and picks up clean, sterile and soiled surgical instruments, medical supplies and equipment throughout the hospital and patient areas
Assists in maintaining clean and orderly workplace
Minimum Qualifications
Requirements:
High school diploma or equivalent
Completion of an approved Central Service Technician training program is encouraged
Six to nine months on the job training
Good eye-to-hand coordination
Good reading, writing, and verbal skills required
Computer skills helpful
Work is very demanding, involving lifting trays and other articles weighing over 30 pounds. Walking and standing while on duty. Pushing and pulling carts. Exposure to ethylene oxide gas, glutaraldehyde
Exposure to blood and body fluids
GRADE 15 MC
For more information, contact Human Resources at 607-547-3120