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ANCC Magnet designated UPMC Passavant is currently hiring a Full-Time & Casual Central Sterile Processing Technician to support the Sterilization Department at the McCandless location.** **Title and salary will be determined based upon education and patient care experience.

Responsibilities:

+ Demonstrates knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques.

+ Continuously improves the quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the integration of research and best practices into daily work.

+ Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system.

+ Practices solid verbal and written communication skills and is able to articulate and translate to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in unit practices.

+ Documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers.

+ Demonstrates critical thinking in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues.

+ Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work.

+ Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with colleagues.

+ Disseminates new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications.

+ Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication.

+ Coaches' colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and impairment.

+ Demonstrates accountability to self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyles.

+ Demonstrates interest in the development of others and positively impacts the lives of patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing.

+ Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and beyond the clinical unit/department.

+ Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.

+ Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives.

+ Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines.

+ Shows the ability to set priorities.

+ Conforms and adheres to department policies concerning decontamination, sterile processing, infection control and safety.

+ Cleans and decontaminates reusable equipment, instruments, and supplies, manually and mechanically.

+ Prepares and assembles surgical tray and equipment following established tray listings for issue, storage, or further processing.

+ Monitors, reads, documents, and interprets all parameters for all types of sterilizers to ensure proper function.

+ Maintains a working knowledge of, and is able to effectively troubleshoot, all decontamination/sterilization equipment.

+ Assesses supplies required for prescribed standard surgical procedures and sets up case carts. Maintains inventory, collects, disassembles, inspects, cleans, disinfects and reassembles all instrument trays patient care equipment.

+ Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills.

+ Displays awareness of cost containment in the organization of work by using economy in time, motion and material.

+ Participates in performance improvement activities.

+ Develops and improves skills through initiative, attendance and participation at educational programs

+ Participates as a team member and is accountable for own work responsibilities.

+ Demonstrates UPMC's commitment to the Core Values by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough.

+ Performs other related duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as may be required to meet emergency situations

+ Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

Housekeeping, housekeeper, sterilization, janitor

+ High school Graduate or equivalent.

+ Six months of healthcare experience or currently enrolled in an Accredited Surgical Technician/Sterile Processing Program Preferred.

+ **Must complete 10 hours of continuing education to remain qualified as a Central Sterile Technician on an annual basis.**

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Employees active in a Central Sterile position, on or before the effective date 12/27/2020, at a healthcare facility, are grandfathered regarding certification and will not need to obtain it unless they move into a different position that would require certification.

+ **Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution or Certified Registered Central Service Technician or International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management certification required.**

+ **New employees will have 18 months from date of hire to obtain required certification.**

+ Act 34 with renewal

UPMC is an equal opportunity employer