Associate Sterile Equipment Aide

Job Description

Supports team with room preparation, scope processing, equipment maintenance and sterilization of medical equipment used during diagnostic procedures.

Job Responsibility

• Helps in preparing and testing diagnostic and therapeutic equipment prior to medical procedures; sets-up medical equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, under supervision.
• Prepares travel carts for bedside procedures, transports cart and supplies to designated unit; assists in room preparation, turnover, and maintains department supplies; prepares room per scheduled procedure, ensures equipment and supplies are in working order.
• Maintains par levels of supplies throughout the unit; maintains and replaces Oxygen cylinders; processes medical equipment; follows cleaning and transportation policies.
• Processes medical equipment; follows cleaning and transportation policies; pre-cleans dirty scopes and removes from procedure room in closed biohazard container and transports scope to the decontamination room; cleans and disinfects scopes and ancillary equipment.
• Documents processing activities into appropriate log; changes filters and disinfectants per schedule; maintains processing machines with scheduled filter changes; tests, documents and tracks department equipment including; processing machines, scopes, refrigerators and eye wash stations.
• Tests, documents and tracks department equipment including; processing machines, scopes, refrigerators and eye wash stations.
• Changes filters and disinfectant on processing equipment, as scheduled.
• Performs and documents critical alarm checks on the refrigerators and the eye wash station; documents, tags, and packages damaged scopes for repair.
• Identifies damage to scopes and contacts approved vendor for repair.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 0-1 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).