Medical Supply Technician Job Description
Medical Supply Technician Duties & Responsibilities
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Medical Supply Technician Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Medical Supply Technician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: SPS, CS, VA, IAHCSMM
Education for Medical Supply Technician
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Employers hiring for the medical supply technician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Education, Department of Education, Medical, Technical, Business, Graduate Education, Supervision, Guidance, Surgery, Graduate
Skills for Medical Supply Technician
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Medical Supply Technician Examples
Medical Supply Technician Job Description
- Assists in job training, advises employees of performance requirements and keeps employees advised of their progress
- Decontaminates and cleans RME (reusable medical equipment) and surgical instruments
- Receives used medical instrument sets and instruments from surgical and clinical units of the hospital vendor sets for complex surgical operations
- Decontaminates and prepares scopes as necessary to support goals of Central Sterile Processing (CSP)
- Assembles complex instrument sets containing as many as 300 varied instruments, which must be inspected for damage such as pitting, rust, cracks, bends, sharpness
- Ensures timely accomplishments of assigned workload, and ensures that SPS Staff employees have sufficient workload
- Monitors the demand and needs of the SPS program to determine the abilities of emergent focus for staff
- Participates as a member and/or in an advisory capacity on committees in the absence of the Chief of SPS
- Independently organizes audits, to ensure performance of staff, steps and procedures are followed
- Inventory on-hand Authorized Medical Allowance List (AMAL) equipment
- Time in grade requirement
- Time in Grade Requirements
- Temple, TX
- Fort Stewart, GA
- This position requires a qualified typist to type 40 words per minute
- Help maintain all Principal End Items and SL-3 for the 652 AMAL
Medical Supply Technician Job Description
- Provide the Medical Supply Officer re-order lists for items that have expired or will expire due to shelf-life dates
- Advise and guide Navy personnel as to how to conduct AMAL inventories, block rebuilds, calibration requirements, and push packages
- Establish re-order points for AMAL consumables and items that will expire due to shelf-life
- Coordinates with the Operating Room and the logistic department activities associated with purchase and requests of medical supplies
- Receives and stores incoming stock, and issues to users
- Researches replacement of items that reached end of life expectancy/non-repairable, which will have equal or greater capability and be compatible with present equipment, ascertains cost whether maintenance must be accomplished by contract or in-house, and other required data
- Maintains records on status of authorized funds and requests additional funds as required
- Decontaminates reusable items by determining the appropriate method for removing gross contamination and using equipment such as the ultrasonic cleaner and washer sterilize
- Loads and operates washer sterilizers, steam sterilizers and Sterrad Sterilizers
- Processes, assembles, and sterilizes intricate surgical trays for the operating room (trays contain large numbers of unique, non-interchangeable, specialized surgical instruments of similar appearance, with minor variations in size, conformation, and nomenclature, but with major variation in application)
- Monitors operation of various sterilizers in accordance with established parameters
- Maintains a log of all items received from and returned to the origination wards and clinics
- Inventories, replenishes shortages from sterile supply, inspects for sterility integrity for instrument sets and expendable items
- Prepares individual surgical cases carts with required instruments and surgical supplies for each scheduled and emergency operative procedure
- This position requires the use of protective clothing and/or uniform (scrubs)
- This position requires personnel security investigation
Medical Supply Technician Job Description
- Cleans Supply Items and Storage Areas - removes gross contamination by soaking in a germicide, washing with a detergent-blood solvent, scrubbing with a brush and scouring powder, rinsing in tap and then distilled water or washing in washer-sterilizer or ultrasonic unit
- Examines Condition of Supply Items - visually examines for damage, deterioration, or imperfections such as rust, pitting, and cracks
- Richmond is located in Central Virginia with close access to beaches and mountains regions
- Richmond is known for being the capital of the confederacy during the civil war
- Close proximity to Washington DC
- Richmond has it all - plenty to do for families, couples, nature-lovers, adventurists, foodies, sports fans arts and history seekers
- Assists in the education onboarding of new employees and participates in annual review of competencies
- Assists in checking the surgery schedule to verify required trays are in the facility/sterile
- Pick all supplies to include CS, SI and Distribution, 7 day per week, 24 hours per day
- Responds to personal, telephone and electronic requests for supplies, equipment, and/or assistance, including delivery and retrieval
- Travel is required between Castle Point and Montrose Campus
- Applicant SF50 (non-award) is preferred
- Clearance of a physical examination is required
- Resume -(include dates for employments listed)
- Memphis, TN 4 vacancies
- West Haven, CT 1 vacancy
Medical Supply Technician Job Description
- Labels stock items before placing in designated locations in Distribution/Warehouse
- 2 years of experience preparing and sterilizing surgical instruments and supplies
- 2 years of experience working with specialty instrument sets such as cardiovascular sets, robotic sets, trauma sets, and or vascular sets
- Experience in materials management, warehouse, stock control, and/or computer assisted inventory
- Completion of central service/materials management education (CS certification)
- CS certification
- Bay Pines, FL 1 vacancy
- Current certification as a CBSPD or CRCST is required
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in related fields is required
- Member of IAHCSMM or CBSPD organization required
- High school diploma or GED (General Equivalency Diploma) required
- Familiarity with/knowledge of hospital supplies beneficial