Join Our Team as a Casual Central Sterile Processing Associate at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital! Are you looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact while enjoying a flexible schedule? UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Casual Central Sterile Processing Associate. About the Role: As a Casual Central Sterile Processing Associate, you will play a crucial role in supporting our full-time staff by performing all sterile processing tasks necessary to ensure that our team has all the instruments and supplies needed for daily operations. This position offers the perfect balance of work-life flexibility with casual day shift hours. Why Join Us? + Flexible Schedule: Enjoy the benefits of a flexible schedule that adapts to your needs. + Career Growth: Take advantage of our career ladder to advance your skills and career within our organization. + Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a dedicated team committed to providing the highest level of patient care. If you are passionate about making a difference and looking for a supportive environment to grow your career, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Apply Today! **Responsibilities:** + Demonstrates knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques. Continuously improves the quality of care and the work environment of outcomes and the integration of research and best practices into daily work. Shares learning from improvements with other units and/or spreads across the business unit or system. + Practices solid verbal and written communication skills, and is able to articulate and translate to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in unit practices Documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Demonstrates critical thinking in the analysis of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work. Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with colleagues. Disseminates new knowledge and innovations through presentations, posters, and publications. + Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting and positive communication. Coaches colleagues on cultural diversity and addresses workplace horizontal violence and impairment. Demonstrates accountability to self and others for safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyles. + Demonstrates interest in the development of others and positively impacts the lives of patients/families, peers, and members of the healthcare team through mentoring, education, and knowledge sharing. Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other members of the healthcare team within and beyond the clinical unit/department. + Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives. Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines. Shows the ability to set priorities. + Conforms and adheres to department policies concerning decontamination, sterile processing, infection control and safety. + Cleans and decontaminates reusable equipment, instruments, and supplies, manually and mechanically. + Prepares and assembles surgical tray and equipment following established tray listings for issue, storage, or further processing. + Monitors, reads, documents, and interprets all parameters for all types of sterilizers to ensure proper function. + Maintains a working knowledge of, and is able to effectively troubleshoot, all decontamination/sterilization equipment. + Assesses supplies required for prescribed standard surgical procedures and sets up case carts. Maintains inventory, collects, disassembles, inspects, cleans, disinfects and reassembles all instrument trays patient care equipment. + Communicates appropriately using good interpersonal skills. + Displays awareness of cost containment in the organization of work by using economy in time, motion and material. + Participates in performance improvement activities. + Develops and improves skills through initiative, attendance and participation at educational programs + Participates as a team member and is accountable for own work responsibilities. + Demonstrates UPMC's commitment to the Core Values by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough. + Performs other related duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as may be required to meet emergency situations + *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors. + *Performs other duties as assigned. + High school diploma/GED or equivalent with no experience -OR- Currently enrolled in an Accredited Surgical Technician/Sterile Processing Program Preferred -OR-1 year of experience within UPMC + All staff must complete 10 hours of continuing education to remain qualified as a Central Sterile Technician on an annual basis. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** Employees active in a Central Sterile position, on or before the effective date 12/27/2020, at a healthcare facility, are grandfathered regarding certification and will not need to obtain it unless they move into a different position that would require certification. Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution or Certified Registered Central Service Technician or International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management certification required for our PA and NY facilities (MD facilities are excluded). New employees in our PA and NY facilities (MD is excluded) will have 18 months from date of hire to obtain required certification. + Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution OR Certified Registered Central Service Technician OR International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management + Act 34 **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**