Sterile Processing Technician - Legacy Campus/Plano

This position will be located at the new Legacy Campus in Plano and will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, sterilization, and functioning of equipment and instrumentation.  Specific duties and responsibilities will include:

 

· Decontamination and cleaning of all equipment and instrumentation.

· Evaluation of equipment; reports malfunction of equipment and instrumentation and follows through to insure appropriate repairs are complete.

· Accurately assembles instruments sets based on established count sheets.

· Appropriately prepares and packages single instrument items.

· Stores, delivers, and manages sterile supplies using aseptic technique.

· Picks up and delivers equipment as department needs require.

 

A high school diploma or equivalent is required. One to two years Central Sterile Processing experience required or Central Sterile Processing training; certification preferred.  Must be dependable, detail oriented and a good team employee.  Must be able to transport supplies and equipment and be able to lift up to 50 pounds.  Basic computer skills are required.

 

Children’s Medical Center Legacy is a new campus located in Plano, TX and is part of Children’s Medical Center Dallas.  Children’s is a private, not-for-profit hospital that is the only academic healthcare facility in North Texas dedicated to the comprehensive care of children from birth to age 18. As the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the medical/dental staff at Children’s conducts research that is instrumental in developing treatments, therapies, and greater understanding of pediatric diseases. 

 

Children’s Dallas is licensed for 411 beds, has more than 50 subspecialty programs and is the only pediatric hospital in the Southwest with a designated Level I trauma center. To better serve the region’s growing pediatric population, the 72-bed Children’s Medical Center Legacy will open in 2008 in Plano, Texas. Children’s enjoys a stellar reputation as one of the finest pediatric facilities in the United States.  The Joint Commission awarded Children’s an “outstandingâ€� ranking, and both U.S. News & World Report and CHILD magazines have named Children’s as one of the nation’s top pediatric providers.  In 2006, the Dallas Business Journal recognized Children’s as a “Best Place to Work.â€�  Children’s makes life better for the patients it sees during more than 340,000 visits each year.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer