Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is located at Tacoma, Washington. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Advanced in hire may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Major duties
Serve as primary health technician in the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). Performs full range of duties to decontaminate, clean, prepare, sterilize, and distribute medical supplies and equipment used in all areas of the hospital. Rotate among various duty assignments in the section to include decontamination, instrument preparation, sterile storage, and extending operational support of crash cart supplies and equipment to areas throughout the hospital. Conduct equipment testing of surgical instruments to ensure operational efficiency and surgical precision. Account for and processes surgical instruments, to include complex loaner sets for scheduled cases, emergent cases, and clinic/ward instrumentation. Package surgical items individually (e.g., scissors, tubing, instrumentation) or assembles into trays and sets. Check the expiration date on all sterile supply items, removes all outdated items, and rotates the stock. Conduct inventory of sterilized trays and checks package integrity and expiration dates.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes, working in a medical facility, performing any of the following, sterilize or assemble or dissemble medical instruments or equipment, inspect medical instruments or equipment for damage and utilize medical sterilization equipment. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as, sterilization methods, medical inventory and management, medical instrumentation identification and clinical or simulated lab. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages.
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