Sterile Processing Technician

Sterile Processing Technician - Central Service & Supply DepartmentJoin more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.Surgical Technologists (ST) are allied health professionals who assist in the preparation and care of surgical patients ranging from infancy to geriatrics under the general direction of a professional nurse. The ST possesses expertise in the theory and application of sterile aseptic technique and combines the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a surgeon's performance of invasive, therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures. The ST who has a dual function in the operating room and the ambulatory setting demonstrates competency in the care of surgical patients preoperatively and postoperatively in the ambulatory surgical clinic setting.Responsibilities include: performing all responsibilities in a manner that demonstrates Service Excellence towards patients, physicians, peers and other departments; assuming responsibility for upholding the policies and procedures of the department and organization; demonstrating eagerness to learn, taking direction, adapting to changes within unit, and demonstrating consistent progress toward Surgical Technologist 1-B; establishing and maintaining sterile field and assuring team maintains sterile environment; demonstrating a good understanding of sterile technique; having a basic knowledge of instrumentations; preparing Operating Room with appropriate instrumentation, equipment and supplies; demonstrating correct and safe instrumentation passing and performing sponge, needle and instrument counts in a safe and accurate manner according to established policy; maintaining technical skills to serve a patient population composed of infancy to geriatric clients; taking calls and rotating shifts as required under the direction of a registered nurse; ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure in a stressful environment, and often without relief; ability to demonstrate knowledge of anatomy relating to the surgical procedure and the instrumentation required in order to effectively anticipate the needs of the surgeon; ability to set priorities and respond appropriately to actual and/or potential life threatening situations. For Surgical Technologists with a dual role in an ambulatory environment, additional responsibilities may include prepare patients for examinations and procedures in the surgical clinic setting, assist the physician during patient examination and procedures in the clinic, collect and label laboratory specimens for processing, reinforce postoperative instructions under direction of physician or RN, assist with incoming and outgoing patient calls under supervision of physician or RN, remove sutures/ staples, change sterile and nonsterile dressings, following UNCHS policies and procedures, under direction of RN or physician, perform other clinical functions as delegated and supervised by the RN or physician, schedule and post-surgical cases, coordinate complex scheduling of cases which require additional surgical support, update and file patient medical records.Education Requirements: Requires High School Diploma. Graduation from a Surgical Technology program. Licensure/Certification Requirements: BLS required. Professional Experience Requirements: Surgical Technologist I-A: Entry level position for new graduates of Surgical Technology program or Surgical Technologists with less than twelve (12) months of outside experience.