Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Job Title

Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Location

This position supports both the Fayetteville and Goldsboro VA Medical Centers. The incumbent will work 50% of the time at the Ramsey Street location and 50% at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

Duties

The Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) completes reprocessing of critical and semi-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) and quality assurance task for Sterile Processing Services (SPS) under Nursing Service. Duties include but are not limited:

• Decontaminates, sterilizes instruments, medical supplies, and equipment.
• Assembles, wraps, and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization trays.
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solutions to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment making them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks, labels, maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects, and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, operating room, and equipment storage areas.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Assists in maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills.
• Uses a computerized instrument tracking system in the performance of assigned duties, obtaining count sheets, special handling instructions for instrumentation documenting sterilization loads, and other assigned tasks.
• Maintains a clean and orderly central processing area (e.g., shelves, counters, equipment).
• Operate and maintain equipment; keep records of loads completed, items of the loads and maintenance procedures performed.
• Reports defective equipment to supervisor or staff and places in work orders.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 4:00pm

Telework

Not Available

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #

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Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs