Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $28.07 - $28.07 / hour

Job Summary

Are you passionate about contributing to the health and well-being of people and communities by ensuring the cleanliness and functionality of equipment in the hospital ? Are you looking to bring your skills to a rewarding role ? If you have answered “yes”, we want you to keep reading to explore your career with us!

We currently have exciting casual opportunties for Medical Device Reprocessing Technicians at all of the locations below:

• Abbotsford – Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre
• Burnaby – Burnaby Hospital
• Chilliwack – Chilliwack General Hospital
• Delta – Delta Hospital
• Langley – Langley Memorial Hospital
• Maple Ridge – Ridge Meadows Hospital
• New Westminster – Royal Columbian Hospital
• Port Moody/Coquitlam – Eagle Ridge Hospital
• Surrey – Surrey Memorial Hospital, and Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre
• White Rock – Peace Arch Hospital

Your expert skills with handling instruments and using equipment in the sterilization process will be of great value to us. This physically demanding work is procedural and requires a highly adaptable and detail driven team. Share our commitment to provide patient safety throughout our sites.

Want to join our team? We will be looking for you to have:

Completion of a recognized Medical Device Reprocessing Technician course which includes a practicum, plus one year's recent related experience

Take the next step and apply so we can continue the conversation with you.

Detailed Overview

Cleans, decontaminates, checks, tests, assembles, sterilizes and distributes supplies, instruments and equipment related to the Operating Room and other areas of the Hospital; performs related clerical duties.

Responsibilities

1. Receives, sorts, disassembles, decontaminates, cleans, assembles, wraps, sterilizes, and stores instruments, equipment and hospital supplies from all user areas.
2. Prepares equipment, instruments and supplies for storage and distribution by checking, testing, calibrating, assembling, packaging, wrapping and sterilizing according to established procedures.
3. Operates departmental equipment such as automated washers, cart washer, pasteurizer, ultrasonic washer, clean dryer, heat sealer, and sterilizers.
4. Reports and/or removes any malfunctioning equipment or instruments.
5. Issues and/or delivers supplies when requested. Maintains in conjunction with the Supervisor or Leader, departmental stock of supplies according to established procedures by checking against inventory levels.
6. Rotates stock and reprocesses outdated supplies according to departmental procedures.
7. Participates in routine maintenance of Department's equipment by cleaning, checking and testing sterilizers, mechanical washers and other MDR equipment; cleans work and storage areas as required.
8. Participates in the Department's Quality Assurance Program.
9. Performs clerical duties such as assisting with recording of workload statistics on supplies and equipment dispatched from the department, answering the telephone, completing maintenance requisitions for signature, maintaining records, filing, and typing.
10. Participates in staff orientation as requested.
11. Picks supplies and instruments for surgical cases.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 12, plus successful completion of a recognized Sterile Supply Processing program, plus one year's recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Knowledge of surgical and medical terminology.
• Mathematical aptitude.
• Ability to organize work.