Sterile Supply / Processing Technician, San Diego, CA in San Diego, California at Vighter Management Group Llc

Title: Sterile Supply Technician

Location: San Diego, CA (Eastlake, Miramar, North Island, Point Loma)

Position Type: Full time (30-40+ hours/week), hourly.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Education Level: High School diploma or equivalent is required.

Job Category: Health Care

Our Company Promise:

We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients. Our Culture’s 5 key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. These elements are:

• Dependability
• Integrity
• Personability
• Transparency
• Responsiveness

Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.

Summary:

Vighter is recruiting Sterile Supply Technicians to provide patient care support at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA. The Medical Facilities in and around San Diego are rated as a complex medical facility, therefore provides care to Active-Duty Military, Veterans, Veterans and Family members locally and from surrounding states.

The Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for the decontamination, cleaning, inspection, assembly, sterilization, storage, and distribution of reusable medical instruments, equipment, and supplies utilized throughout the healthcare facility.

This position plays a critical role in supporting patient safety, infection prevention, surgical readiness, and clinical operations by ensuring that all sterile instruments and equipment are available, properly functioning, and compliant with applicable healthcare standards.

Vighter is a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business that is accredited by both the Joint Commission and ISO-9001. With our dedication to continuous improvement, Vighter assists in the provision of the highest standards of care.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Receives, sorts, and processes contaminated surgical instruments, medical devices, and reusable equipment following established infection prevention protocols.
• Performs manual and automated cleaning procedures using approved cleaning agents, ultrasonic cleaners, washer-disinfectors, and other processing equipment.
• Identifies damaged, missing, malfunctioning, or improperly functioning instruments and removes them from service as appropriate.
• Maintains separation of clean and contaminated items throughout the decontamination process.
• Inspects instruments for cleanliness, functionality, alignment, damage, corrosion and serviceability.
• Assembles instrument trays, procedure sets, and specialty equipment according to established count sheets and manufacturer specifications.
• Verifies completeness and accuracy of instrument sets before sterilization.
• Operates sterilization equipment including Steam sterilizers (autoclaves), low-temperature sterilization systems, hydrogen peroxide sterilizers and ethylene oxide systems (where applicable)
• Selects appropriate sterilization methods based on device specifications and manufacturer instructions.
• Documents sterilization activities and maintain sterilization records.
• Maintains sterile storage areas in accordance with infection control standards.
• Distribute sterile supplies, instruments, and equipment to operating rooms, procedural areas, clinics, and patient care units.
• Tracks instrument utilization and identify replacement needs.
• Assists with equipment procurement and inventory accountability activities.
• Maintains accurate records related to sterilization cycles, biological monitoring, maintenance activities, and inventory management.
• A deep sense of purpose and dedication to the United States and our U.S. Military Veterans, their Families, and other patients as assigned.
• An unshakeable adherence to quality and continuous process improvement.
• An apolitical, patient-centered focus that drives to enhanced care and patient satisfaction
• Knowledge of regulations (HIPAA/Privacy Act) regarding the confidentiality of patient medical records and information as well as Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
• Performs other duties that may be assigned from time to time.