Sterile Processing Assistant Job Listing at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC (Job ID 1228886500)

Description

Sterile Processing  
Full Time
AM Shift 
7am-3:30pm

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

Performs various tasks related to movement of supplies and equipment, case carts, equipment cleaning, stocking OR and Sterile Prep area and other related duties, to ensure that the OR and Sterile Processing Technicians have necessary supplies and time to perform sterile processing work.
 

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent 
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Expereince (Optional): None. 
Required Certifications/Licensure: None. 
Required Training: None. 

• Retrieves soiled instruments from clinical departments at regular intervals, following appropriate standards.
• Distributes and inventories Sterile Processing department specific supplies at regular intervals, following appropriate standards to the OR and within the Sterile Processing Dept.
• Answers phones and when appropriate assists callers in obtaining needed supplies and/or instruments (i.e. take items to the OR or L&D).
• Pulls items for case carts, delivers case carts to OR or L&D, instruments and other supplies to Operating Rooms as needed.
• Unloads cart washers as needed, drying items prior to being placed on carts for assembly.
• Moves equipment and carts as needed to maintain workflow and to clear traffic paths.

• Assists in maintaining and cleaning work surfaces and equipment to ensure safe work practices.
• Place instruments and supplies returned from OR's on appropriate shelf after being scanned into the computer system.
• Assists in restocking supplies in the Sterile Stores and Sterile Prep areas as assigned.
• Assists in performing inventory and stocking shelves as products arrive in the department.
• Assist in maintaining a clean work environment by cleaning specific equipment at set intervals.
• Demonstrates commitment to providing outstanding customer service in a manner reflective of our mission, values and customer service standards.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, the Compliance Accountability Program, Code of Ethics, and other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.
• Performs other related duties as assigned
   

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.