Sterile Technician
WRMC Bethesda, MD
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
- Processing and decontamination involve all the actions required prior to sterilizing and issuance.
- Assemble, package, wrap, and sterilize the medical supply items, and distribute supply items used for patient care in hospital wards and clinics.
- Knowledge of aseptic principles and techniques including, cleaning techniques, sterilization mediums, tests to determine effectiveness of sterilization, and packaging, storage, and shelf-life characteristics.
- Become familiar with hospital/clinic layout, staffing, and operations and the integration of the sterile supply operation into the total health care program to adequately supply the hospital wing.
- Have an awareness of the relative cost of the various items used in the wing to take necessary precautions with costly equipment.
- Have a basic understanding of medical and surgical terminology, therapeutic procedures, and of human anatomy and physiology to understand supply requirements and to explain the availability of resources to medical personnel.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED Certificate.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- At least two continuous years’ experience within the last four years as Central Sterile Supply Technician.
- Current certification by the International Association of Healthcare Central Services Materials Management or current certification by the National Institute of Health Care Sterile Processing and Distribution Personnel.
- Must possess professional knowledge of a wide range and variety of diseases and types of injuries pertaining to the brain, central nervous system, spinal cord, peripheral nervous systems. Supplementary skills to recognize emergency conditions that required immediate referral or involvement of qualified medical personnel and perform designated treatment.
- Must possess a working knowledge of military culture, customs, and procedures including military profiles and retention of Active Duty personnel.
- Must have a working knowledge of CPT/ICD-9/10 codes. Must have experience in word processing and be computer literate.
- Must be a US Citizen.
Potomac Healthcare Solutions offers the following benefits:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Employer Paid - Basic Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Short-Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- 10 Federal Holidays
- Continuing Education
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Incentives and More
Company Description:About Potomac Healthcare Solutions:
Potomac Healthcare Solutions is an award-winning, dynamic, and rapidly growing healthcare services company with a proven background in providing world-class health services for both government and commercial organizations. We are actively recruiting skilled, caring practitioners to support our rapidly growing program base and supported healthcare facilities. If you would like to be a part of a quality-driven organization and make a difference, we would like to talk to you!
If you do not find interest in this opportunity but know of someone who may, we kindly ask that you refer the individual to Potomac Healthcare Solutions by forwarding this job posting.
Potomac Healthcare Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled.
We especially welcome employment interest of US Military Veterans with honorable service.