Naples Comprehensive Health - NCH · 15 hours ago
Instrument Technician NBC
NCH is an independent, non-profit healthcare system in Southwest Florida, and they are seeking an Instrument Technician to manage inventory, distribution, and sterile processing of instruments. The role involves maintaining sterile products, preparing case carts, and ensuring proper sterilization procedures are followed.
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Responsibilities
Understands and follows department policies and procedures, acts as preceptor for staff
Uses PPE (Personal protective equipment) such as impervious gown, face shield and gloves appropriate to the department
Appropriately runs washer/decontaminator. Loads instruments correctly. Operates properly and records load properly
Appropriately uses Sonic Cleaner and Air Compressor
Receives contaminated instruments and equipment. Disassembles instruments, mechanical cleaning, and handwashing of instruments, micro instruments and rubber goods
Knowledge of instrument trays to be able to sort instruments into specific sets, in all specialties
Ability to determine instrumentation that is heat/fluid sensitive that need to be hand cleaned and dried
Understands and knows how to use the dryer unit
Assembles instruments serves as resource to staff for specialty trays. Identifies and inspects instruments
Use of count sheets to assemble sets
Utensil Preparation for all specialties. Understands methods of wrapping and packaging, pouch packaging, dating items and paper wrapping
Restocks supplies in the department as needed
Knowledge of types of sterilizers and how they function and cleaning of each of the following: Steam, Sterrad, and Steris System 1
Knowledge of sterilization parameters, includes proper use of, load control books, how to read the results and documentation, validates parameters met with the following: steam tape, gas tape, internal steam integrators, sterrad integrators
Knowledge of Biological Indicators, including proper placement in sterilizer, quality control, incubation and reading the results, documentation and validation of process for the following: Steam Biological indicators, Sterrad Biological indicators, Flash Biological indicators and Steris System 1 Biological indicators
Pulls and adds on cases. Pull extras for specialty cases
Physician preferences and location of supplies. Reconcile card to special procedure
Knowledge of medical terminology and surgical case types in all specialties
Takes initiative and volunteers to help others, prepare end of shift report
Qualification
Required
Minimum of High School or GED required
Basic computer knowledge: ability to operate a PC, create/save/print documents, input data
Understands and follows department policies and procedures, acts as preceptor for staff
Uses PPE (Personal protective equipment) such as impervious gown, face shield and gloves appropriate to the department
Appropriately runs washer/decontaminator. Loads instruments correctly. Operates properly and records load properly
Appropriately uses Sonic Cleaner and Air Compressor
Receives contaminated instruments and equipment. Disassembles instruments, mechanical cleaning, and handwashing of instruments, micro instruments and rubber goods
Knowledge of instrument trays to be able to sort instruments into specific sets, in all specialties
Ability to determine instrumentation that is heat/fluid sensitive that need to be hand cleaned and dried
Understands and knows how to use the dryer unit
Assembles instruments serves as resource to staff for specialty trays. Identifies and inspects instruments
Use of count sheets to assemble sets
Utensil Preparation for all specialties. Understands methods of wrapping and packaging, pouch packaging, dating items and paper wrapping
Restocks supplies in the department as needed
Knowledge of types of sterilizers and how they function and cleaning of each of the following: Steam, Sterrad, and Steris System 1
Knowledge of sterilization parameters, includes proper use of, load control books, how to read the results and documentation, validates parameters met with the following: steam tape, gas tape, internal steam integrators, sterrad integrators
Knowledge of Biological Indicators, including proper placement in sterilizer, quality control, incubation and reading the results, documentation and validation of process for the following: Steam Biological indicators, Sterrad Biological indicators, Flash Biological indicators and Steris System 1 Biological indicators
Pulls and adds on cases. Pull extras for specialty cases
Physician preferences and location of supplies. Reconcile card to special procedure
Knowledge of medical terminology and surgical case types in all specialties
Takes initiative and volunteers to help others, prepare end of shift report
Preferred
Six months of prior experience preferred
Company
Naples Comprehensive Health - NCH
Naples Comprehensive Health (NCH) is an Advanced Community Healthcare System™ in Naples, Florida, serving Southwest Florida with premier routine, critical, and specialty care.
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Funding
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Late StageTotal Funding
$0.08MKey Investors
Naples Children & Education Foundation
2023-03-20Grant· $0.08M
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