Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

CS SPD Certified Technician

Location

Avon

Facility

Avon Hospital

Department

Sterile Processing-Avon Hospital

Job Code

C13008

Shift

Days

Schedule

9:00am-5:30pm

Join Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Avon Hospital provides state-of-the-art healthcare to all its patients and is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.

Certified CS/SPD Technicians are responsible for cleaning and maintaining surgical and hospital tools. In this position, you help ensure patients have the best possible healthcare experience by providing caregivers with safe and sterile equipment. Come be part of a passionate family of caregivers and make a lasting difference in the lives of patients and their families.

A caregiver in this role works days from 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with an on-call rotation. During the first 90 days of new hire training, a caregiver in this role will work from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

This position is a float role between Avon and Fairview hospitals.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide safe, efficient practices for decontamination, instrument assembly, wrapping and sterilization of all reprocessed instruments and distribution equipment.

• Perform case pull functions.

• Determine appropriate case carts to be built for specialty procedures.

• Build case carts ensuring adherence to procedures.

• Dispatch case carts to ensure availability for surgical/clinical procedures.

• Perform record keeping, ordering, stocking and inventory control.

• Participate in in-service education.

• Build case carts using electronic preference cards and dispatch them to appropriate locations.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED

• A Sterile Processing certification (e.g., CRCST, CSPDT, CFER, or CER)

• Proficient in using computerized instrument tracking systems

• Military experience, such as Hospital Corpsmen (HM), Machinery Repairman (MR), Aircraft Maintenance Technician (2A3X3), Biomedical Equipment Specialist (68A), Small Arms Repairer (91F), or similar, will be considered

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Basic computer skills

• Completion of a recognized training program with certification in central service/sterile processing

• Two to five years of experience in central service/sterile processing areas

• Experience in a medical or manufacturing field

Physical Requirements:

• Lifts and carries items weighing up to 25 pounds and ability to push, pull and navigate supply carts weighing >than 75 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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