Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Job at Aya Healthcare, Saint Louis, MO

  • Aya Healthcare
  • Saint Louis, MO

Job Description

Sterile Processing Team Member

Join the Sterile Processing Team at BJC Healthcare's flagship hospital and academic campus. Barnes Jewish Hospital is dedicated to your growth and development. Be a part of an environment where you can thrive!

  • Full-time and Benefits
  • Schedule - Monday thru Friday
  • Hours - 6:00am - 2:30pm
  • Must be Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)

Scope Lead Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Provides daily leadership and workflow coordination for the scope/endoscope reprocessing area. Serves as the first point of contact for technicians, escalating concerns to the CSPD Supervisor as appropriate. Ensures endoscopes are reprocessed according to manufacturer IFUs, departmental policies, infection-prevention requirements, and applicable standards. Monitors quality, productivity, documentation, traceability, safety, and regulatory compliance within the scope area. Coordinates staffing, assignments, priorities, and scope availability to support procedural and patient-care needs. Supports training, competency development, coaching, and accountability of scope reprocessing technicians. Identifies and escalates equipment, quality, safety, workflow, and compliance concerns. Promotes effective communication and collaboration between CSPD and procedural areas/Points of Service. Supports departmental quality improvement, audits, inventory management, and operational readiness. Performs scope reprocessing duties as needed while supporting the Supervisor in maintaining efficient daily operations.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Perioperative Services team members find the kind of fast-paced environment that will test their professional judgment and critical thinking skills, and encourage tremendous growth. It's an exhilarating place to build a career. Here, you'll work with world-renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists, assist on unique and complex procedures, work with the latest technologies and treatments and play a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols. In fact, people from all over the nation and the world come to Barnes-Jewish for our surgical specialties.

Assists the supervisor and staff in providing high quality cleaning, inspection, disinfection and sterilization of complex surgical instrumentation, implants and power equipment in a 24/7 environment according to industry standards. Supports disinfection procedures for complex endoscopic devices. Training and troubleshooting issues or problems as they arise. Functions as charge in absence of supervisor. Monitors electronic systems to prioritize tray production. Works as high functioning member of a team supporting clinics, procedural areas and over 65 operating rooms. Works with complex tray configurations to support variety of services including ophthalmology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, trauma, transplant, cardiac, orthopedic, labor and delivery, fetal surgery, general surgery, minimally invasive and robotic cases. Performs functions including decontamination, preparation, sterilization and distribution of sterile surgical instrumentation and supplies. Utilizes instrument tracking and inventory management software with electronic medical scheduling systems to manage instrument inventory and prioritize and build case carts for just in time supply and instrumentation delivery to the operating rooms. Supports cleaning and sterilization needs for research related and IRB approved instrumentation.

Responsibilities:

  • Assists supervisor in ensuring staff compliance to productivity, quality measures, standard work procedures, and best practices as it relates to all departmental areas, including scope reprocessing, decontamination, assembly, sterilization, case cart assembly, sterile storage, and remote OR locations. Assists supervisor in onboarding, training and orientation of new employees.
  • Able to work with complex tray configurations to support a level 1 trauma and academic center with a variety of services including ophthalmology, neurosurgery, ENT, trauma, transplant, cardiac, orthopedic, labor and delivery, fetal surgery, general surgery, minimally invasive and robotic cases and complex endoscopic devices. Manages multiple priorities and adapts to surgical case schedule changes throughout the day. Coordinates the processing of vendor instrumentation to ensure completion prior to next day surgical procedures.
  • Utilizes and troubleshoots variety of automated specialized equipment such as instrument washers, cart washers, ultrasonic, and sterilizers as well as high level disinfection equipment and related accessories. Utilizes instrument tracking and inventory management software with electronic medical scheduling systems to manage instrument inventory and prioritize both instrumentation and the build of case carts for just in time supply and instrumentation delivery to the operating rooms.
  • Provides cleaning, disinfection and sterilization support for research and IRB approved research protocols.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Education: High School Diploma or GED
  • Experience: 2-5 years
  • Supervisor Experience: No Experience
  • Licenses & Certifications: CRCST

Preferred Requirements:

  • Education: Associate or Trade School Equi/Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience: 5-10 years
  • Supervisor Experience: < 2 years
  • Licenses & Certifications: CHL/CIS

BJC Total Rewards:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work, Monday to Friday, Flexible hours

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