Central Sterile Processing Technician

at  UPMC

Are you interested in a career that provides plenty of opportunity for growth and development? If you’re passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers fantastic benefits and a plethora of opportunities to grow, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!

• Prepares and assembles surgical tray and equipment following established tray listings for issue, storage, or further processing.
• Maintains a working knowledge of, and is able to effectively troubleshoot, all decontamination/sterilization equipment.
• Continuously improves the quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the integration of research and best practices into daily work.
• Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system.
• Practices solid verbal and written communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in unit practices
• Documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues.
• Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system’s goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work.
• Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with colleagues.
• Disseminates new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication.
• Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and impairment.
• Demonstrates accountability to self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyles.
• Demonstrates interest in the development of others and positively impacts the lives of patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing.
• Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and beyond the clinical unit/department.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.
• Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives.
• Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines. Shows the ability to set priorities.
• Monitors, reads, documents, and interprets all parameters for all types of sterilizers to ensure proper function.
• Develops and improves skills through initiative, attendance and participation at educational programs
• Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills.
• Assesses supplies required for prescribed standard surgical procedures and sets up case carts.
• Maintains inventory, collects, disassembles, inspects, cleans, disinfects and reassembles all instrument trays patient care equipment.
• Displays awareness of cost containment in the organization of work by using economy in time, motion and material.
• Demonstrates UPMC’s commitment to the Core Values by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Participates as a team member and is accountable for own work responsibilities.
• Cleans and decontaminates reusable equipment, instruments, and supplies, manually and mechanically.
• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months of healthcare experience or currently enrolled in an Accredited Surgical Technician/Sterile Processing Program preferred
• Must complete 10 hours of continuing education to remain qualified as a Central Sterile Technician on an annual basis