Central Sterile Technician

NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. Learn more aboutNYULangoneHospital - Brooklyn, and interact with us onLinkedIn,Glassdoor,Indeed,Facebook,Twitter,YouTubeandInstagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Central Sterile Technician.

In this role, the successful candidate The Central Services Technician II is responsible for the processing of operating room instruments as well as the sterilization and decontamination of instruments and supplies

Job Responsibilities:

• Assumes responsibility for department on the weekend or in the absence of supervisory personnel
• Assists with Continuous Quality Improvement teamwork for departmental problems solving activities reports all problems to Supervisor
• Has knowledge of Impress Instrument Tracking System
• Understand the concept of event related shelf life inspects and stores items without compromising the integrity of the sterile item
• Prepares and bags instruments for shipment
• Shows knowledge of instrumentation Is able to identify surgical case carts labor delivery emergency trays/sets using computer pick sheet
• Sees that trays/sets left back from previous shift are completed and returned to user in a timely manner
• Test instruments for proper function
• Inspects and reports defective/damaged instruments to supervisor
• Manually washes and disinfect heat and moisture sensitive and specialty items
• Prepares all type of scopes for sterilization
• Operates all equipment including steam gun sonic machine Washer/ Decontaminator STERRAD STEAM sterilizers Cleans sterilizers when needed
• Performs sterilizer monitoring with chemical and biological indicators
• Monitors the efficacy of the sterilizer daily cycle
• Prepares instruments for sterilization STERRAD STEAM
• Handles high level disinfectants in a safe manner
• Cleans and decontaminates all reusable items from patients areas following appropriate guidelines
• Show knowledge and skill in the disassembling and assembling components of specialty instruments for cleaning and sterilization
• Ensures smooth work flow from return of soiled instruments carts through all processing phases
• Determines work activities at each work area nothing precedence and delegates work assignment to staff accordingly

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a High School Diploma or equivalent One year of experience operating steam sterilizers washers/decontaminators and Sterrad Knowledge of supplies OR instruments and equipment Must have one of the following: 1 Certified Registered Central Service Technician CRCST by Healthcare Sterile Processing Association HSPA 2 Certified Endoscope Reprocessor CER or 3 Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor CFER.

Required Licenses: Cert-Central Service Tech

Preferred Qualifications:
CPD and/or Operating Room background preferred

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $59,613.20 - $64,098.20 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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