Sterile Processing Tech

Sterile Processing Tech

Be more than what you know yourself to be, here in Shiprock The Community Shiprock, NM The meaning of Shiprock in Navajo language is one that invokes imagination to all to know, which in the language is Tse Bit'a'I, which means winged rock. It refers to the legend of the great bird that brought the Navajo from the north to their present lands, to the Four Corners region. When you use your imagination, Shiprock viewed from certain angles truly does resemble a large sitting bird with folded wings; the north and south summits are the tops of the wings for the giant creature. Witness the sculpted horizons of the southwest, where man-made boundaries mean nothing to the rugged lands. Here, the past is present where Hopi families still carry water to pueblo villages perched atop high mesas. Granaries at Keet Seel ruins in Navajo Nation Monument hold corn cobs stored seven centuries ago. Navajo families farm centuries-old fields in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, the site of prehistoric cliff dwellings inhabited by the Anasazi, ancestors of today's Pueblo Tribes. And Hopi and Navajo artisans still sell their trademark rugs and jewelry at the Hubble Trading Post.

Airport Information: Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN / KFMN) The airport is 113 miles from the center of Gallup, NM. This airport supports over 40 non-stop flights across the country through 20 different airlines. For more information about the airport, check out their website here.

About the Facility: Northern Navajo Medical Center The Navajo Nation is the largest Indian tribe in the United States and has the largest reservation, which encompasses more than 25,516 square miles in northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and southern Utah, with three satellite communities in central New Mexico. The NAIHS is the primary provider of inpatient, ambulatory care, preventive and community health, and environmental health services for members of the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. This facility administers health centers and hospitals providing health care to approximately 201,583 members of the Navajo Nation. Facility Address: US Hwy 491, Shiprock, NM 87420

Responsibilities

• Will provide sterilization and control of sterilized supplies and equipment.
• Select appropriate method when wrapping supplies to prevent breakthrough, dates, and labels package upon completion.
• Assists in maintaining the sterility of supply, rotating stock by disposing or reprocessing contaminated or outdated sterile goods and assues proper storage and transport of sterile goods.
• Performs daily and/or load biological testing of sterilizers, records result and notifies charge Nurse/Nurse Manager of any contaminated loads so they can institute recall procedure.
• Demonstrate knowledge of asepsis and sterilization methods with the ability to understand the basic medical and surgical terminology, with therapeutic practices for human anatomy and physiology.
• Operate and trouble shoot equipment used for sterile process and complete required documentation.

Requirements

• Must be IAHCSMM certified or CCSPD certified
• A minimum of two years experience within the last three years of direct work in a healthcare setting as an operating room technician/medical instrument technician/operating room assistant.
• A valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is mandatory.

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