Central Service Technician

Overview

We are University of Utah Health. As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

Overview:

• This position is responsible for participating in and overseeing the ordering, receiving, inspecting, storing, issuing and shipping of equipment, materials and supplies for various departments as a member of our supply chain division.
• The incumbent is responsible for inventorying and restocking materials and patient care supplies including clean linen, crash cart equipment and intubation boxes.
• Additionally, the incumbent is responsible for cleaning patient use equipment and ensuring that safety inspections, preventive maintenance and calibrations are completed prior to scheduled expiration dates.
• This position is not responsible for providing care for patients.

Benefits:

• UTA Transit Pass

Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million.

How to Apply:

• Submit your application online at employment.utah.edu
• Upload most recent up dated resume with work history and experience.

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Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Prepares instruments and/or equipment to be cleaned and disinfected and distributes to departments, labs and clinics.
• Cleans and disinfects instruments and/or equipment and checks biologicals.
• Maintains inventory, orders and stocks supplies.
• Manages department requests for Central Service supplies and schedules and tracks instrument and/or equipment use.
• Documents patient charges for instruments and/or equipment use and cart supplies.
• Ensures that safety inspections, calibrations and preventive maintenance are completed prior to scheduled expiration dates.
• Assists in training new employees and central service technicians.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.
• Demonstrated knowledge of equipment cleaning and disinfecting techniques.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated human relations and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be customer service minded.
• Demonstrated ability to be a critical thinker.
• Demonstrated ability to be self-driven.

Qualifications

Required

• Entry level position.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Preferred

• Successful completion of the HSPA CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) Training, or the equivalency within first year of employment.
• Two (2) or more years of leadership experience.
• Two (2) or more years of experience as a central processing technician.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This position involves intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds any may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects. The incumbent may face exposure to potentially dangerous contaminated body fluids, used needles, razor blades, knives, bone shavings, pieces of glass, and other contaminants as part of the daily hazards of the job and must wear protective attire at all times.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Crawling, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking