Sterile Processing Assistant(Elk Ridge) - Flagstaff Fourth St - General Dentistry

JOB PURPOSE: A Sterile Processing Assistant(Elk Ridge)supports daily operations and sterilization processing of reusable dental instruments and equipment; ensuring that sterilization processing meets all professional standards and requirements. The incumbent performs and completes the decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packing, sterilization, storage, and distribution of submitted medical instruments and equipment. Additionally, in this role the incumbent may be required to fulfill varied administrative or clerical functions, duties, assignments, and responsibilities in support of assigned departmental operations. The incumbent in this position will perform all functions and responsibilities of the position at the direction of and at a location assigned by management.

The incumbent in this position works with general supervision and review, and any work problems involving departures from standard policies, interpretations, or procedures are to be presented to the supervisor for direction and resolution.

The primary goal of the Elk Ridge Community Health Sterile Processing Assistant(Elk Ridge) is to support Elk Ridge's Mission of providing comprehensive, quality health care that is affordable and accessible to all who may have healthcare needs, by successfully performing the primary essential functions.

Job Functions:

Performs all assigned duties, tasks, responsibilities, and assignments supporting departmental operations within established time frames; meeting established rates of performance for the quality and quantity of work for the position; demonstrating a level of self-initiative, quality, efficiency, and accuracy in the employee's job performance that ensures the highest standards of excellence. Distributes in the correct location's sterile instruments. Performs environmental maintenance duties in the sterile processing area in accordance with the CDC, OSHA, and AAMI guidelines; maintains inventory levels in sterile processing area. Performs the technical duties for the decontamination processing, sterilization, and distribution of supplies and equipment according to protocol, policies, and procedures, such as:

Correctly operates sterilizers, ultrasonic washer, and other equipment for processing items. Performs monitoring of sterilizers according to policies and procedures.

Picking up, washing, and sterilizing medical instruments from the dental clinics; maintaining an accurate and timely log of all autoclaved loads and verifying complete sterilization and assembling pre-pack instrument trays Cleans and prepares instruments and equipment according to the manufacturers' instructions for sterilization. Inspects instruments for damage or defects; verifies proper function of instruments and tray completion prior to wrapping for terminal sterilization. Sorts and arranges items into proper trays according to established policies and procedures. Positions items correctly in sterilizer and selects proper wash cycle. Sterilizes instruments and equipment according to set standards using steam processing. Verifies that equipment functions properly and reports deficiencies immediately to supervisor.