INSTRUMENT TECH

Location

San Francisco, CA | United States

Job description

Overview
St. Mary’s Medical Center has been caring for the health of San Franciscans since 1857 when it was founded by eight Sisters of Mercy from Ireland. It is an accredited not-for-profit hospital located across the street from Golden Gate Park. It is a full-service acute care facility with more than 575 physicians and 1100 employees who provide high-quality and affordable health care services to the Bay Area community.Home to advanced medical practices such as the nation’s first digital cardiac catheterization laboratory innovating orthopedic and spine surgery and comprehensive rehabilitation and a state-of-the-art cancer center. St. Mary’s Medical Center is one of San Francisco’s leading hospitals offering patients a full range of outpatient and inpatient services delivered with the human touch. Strategies and business development are centered on Oncology Services Cardiac Services and Orthopedics.
Responsibilities

Applies Dignity Health Core Values to the performance of every job duty.  These Values include Dignity Collaboration Justice Stewardship and Excellence. The instrument technician assists the nursing staff on a daily basis by processing--- from decontamination to sterilization--- surgical instruments; the technician also makes certain that all necessary instruments are available when needed by the clinical staff for surgical cases.      

Experience

Must have at least one year of recent experience as an operating room technician surgical attendant anesthesia technician or central processing technician. 

Education

Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certification
Must have American Heart Association BLS certification.

Certification as a Central Processing Technician or Surgical Technologist required (CT SPT)

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