**Employment Type:** Full time **Shift:** Evening Shift **Description:** **Job Title:** Central Sterile Processing Tech III **Employment Type:** Full time **Shift:** Evening **Location:** Holy Cross Hospital - Germantown **Highlights:** + **Competitive salary** + **Benefits –** Medical, Dental & Vision, PTO, Free Parking, Metro Access, Tuition Reimbursement, 403(b) + **Quality of Life:** Flexible work schedules + **Advancement:** Career growth opportunities + **Location:** Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore, MD **Description:** Under minimal supervision, the Central Services Technician III is responsible for decontamination, cleaning, processing, and sterilization of supplies and equipment dispensed by the department following established infection control practices. Able to accept new ideas, and will assist in implementing them into the department. Actively engages in the department's performance improvement activities. **Responsibilities:** + Cooperates with others in a pleasant manner to fulfill the requirements of the position. Sensitive to others’ needs and feelings. + Attention to detail in and thorough in completing work assignments with verifying products, quantities, integrity, expiration dates and other specifics related to the handling of surgical instruments and supplies. + Assists with answering of telephones in assigned area. + Ensures accurate and timely picking and delivery of case carts. Notifies OR when the completed product is ready, especially emergent type cases. + Cleans all decontamination and other processing equipment. Decontaminates all contaminated instruments and supplies returned to CSP, always following Standard Precautions when handling. + Properly operates the sonic, cart washer, and the washer disinfector units located in the decontamination area of the unit + Maintains a current knowledge of Central Service Technology to include updates. + Knowledge base of the current hospital instrumentation tracking, reports, data analysis of the Central sterile processing department. + Performs tray assembly, including proper packaging and preparation of all applicable supplies for sterilization. + Follows manufacturer’s IFU to correctly wrap and/or package items for sterilization. + Operates at a personal productivity level of 95% or greater. + Reports to Shift Supervisor, Central Sterile Processing, Additional collateral responsibility to the Charge and lead Nurse in all clinical areas, in the spirit of Just culture and service Excellence being fully engaged and connected is essential. **What you will need:** **Required:** + Sterile Processing Tech Certification – IAHCSMM or CBSPD + High School Diploma + Ability to read, write, speak and comprehends English. + Basic computer skills. + Ability to perform simple math. + Ability to communicate clearly and effectively. + Ability to do Multiple services lines + The basic maintenance of departmental supplies, instrumentation, disposables soaps, detergents and ensuring the security of the department. + Advanced computer skills administrative access, Surginet access. + Must have the recommendation of their department Manager and be able to efficiently use the Impress System to scan, locate, track and manage the entire sterile processing inventory. **Specific Competencies:** + Competent in utilizing Cerner for reviewing the schedule and preparing for the next day surgery needs for every service line. + Competent and comfortable consistently reviewing each service line schedule, preparing the sets, processing the sets, if a loaner is needed acquiring the sets, anticipating the needs before the customer knows what they need, and calling the customer and communicating the status so that they are always informed. + Competent in critical thinking and creative solutions if supplies show up late, add on cases took prepared instruments for another case, there is a wet load, or there are holes in wrappers etc. + Competent in proactively responding and communicating to the all service line customers with the new solution and/or response to ensure consistent count-on-able patient care. Pay Range: $20.70 - $28.99 Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location. **About us:** Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services. We were named one of America’s 100 best hospitals. _Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer._ _Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to Minority/Females/disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) status._ **Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion** Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions. Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity. EOE including disability/veteran