Fetch Specialty & Emergency Veterinary Centers
Location
Brandon, FL | United States
Job description
Veterinary Assistant - Central Sterilization
Join our team at FETCH Specialty & Emergency Veterinary Centers as a Veterinary Central Sterilization Assistant and become a valued member of the Fetch family. This is an excellent chance to further develop your skills while delivering exceptional care to our patients.
Contribute your expertise as an essential member of our dedicated team of professionals, collaboratively working together to provide comprehensive and top-notch care to our patients.
General Purpose: To assist the Fetch team to provide the best patient care possible by preparing, sterilizing, and processing all equipment required for surgical, arthroscopic, endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures.
Essential Job Functions:
- Understand the general function and use of the surgical and sterilization equipment.
- Understand the mode of sterilization based on equipment requirements (ethylene oxide, steam autoclave, etc)
- Understand the basic function of all the equipment being used.
- Ability to trouble shoot issues involving the sterilization equipment.
- Perform sterilization of equipment.
- Empty steam autoclaves, plasma, and gas sterilizers throughout the day.
- Maintain and clean the steam autoclaves as required.
- Clean and maintain sterilization equipment (spore testing) as recommended buy manufacturer
and the OSHA Safety Coordinator.
- Maintain gas sterilization units and supplies.
- Become familiar with the instruments, surgical packs, and instrument care.
- Wash, dry and fold all surgery laundry; wrap and sterilize.
- Maintain inventory and sterilize all surgical soft goods: drapes, foot wraps, etc.
- Wash, dry, pack, label, and sterilize all laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and endoscopic equipment.
- Ensure accurate spelling and names of all laparoscopic, arthroscopic and endoscopic equipment.
- Wash and sterilize endotracheal tubes as needed.
- Wash and maintain suction containers and surgical brushes.
- Stock all surgical suites with packs and accessory equipment and sterilized supplies. Ensure all
packs are in date (not expired)
- Advise Inventory Supervisor on ordering of surgical gowns, towels, wrap cloths, implants, etc.
- Advise Facilities Maintenance of problems and needed repairs of cleaning / sterilization
equipment.
- Train and oversee new employees in all the above.
- Color code all instruments.
- Update and Maintain Pack Prep Manual
- Understand and abide by the surgical principles to maintain sterile field.
- Open sterile tables and instruments for the surgical team as needed.
- Assist surgical team in cleaning / sanitizing surgical suites between procedures.
- Assist surgical team in deep cleaning surgical suites as necessary.
- Assist surgical team with breakdown surgical suites at the end of the day.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; certificate in Sterile Processing and Distribution
preferred.
- Gas Sterilization Certification required
- Strong attention to detail
- Hospital experience of 6 months or more.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong work ethic and positive attitude.
- Must be flexible and able to adapt to new situations.
- Ability to act as a team member.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Must have the ability to respond quickly in urgent situations using all senses. During the normal
workday, employee may occasionally lift and/or push/pull up to 50 pounds.
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