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Instrument Technician

University Health

San Antonio, TX
13 days ago

Job Description

Join University Health as an Instrument Technician, where you'll play a crucial role in patient care by ensuring sterile surgical instruments are ready for use. Your expertise in decontamination, sterilization, and dispatch will support the Operating Room staff, contributing to high standards of customer service and patient safety.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist in direct patient care by ensuring correct, fully functional, sterile surgical instrumentation
  • Perform decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch of instruments
  • Maintain knowledge of standards and procedures for preparation, sterilization, storage, and delivery of surgical instrumentation
  • Comply with UH and departmental policies

Required Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent experience
  • One year experience as an operating room sterile processing technician or equivalent
  • Certification through CBSPD CSPDT or IAHCSMM CRCST

Preferred Qualifications

  • Course work in surgical instrumentation
  • Course work in central supply/materials management