Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing

Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) – Chilliwack General Hospital Salary: CAD $28.91 / hour Job Summary: We are hiring a full‑time Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) at Chilliwack General Hospital. Fraser Health values diversity in the workforce and strives to maintain an environment of respect, caring, and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner. Benefits: Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year. Comprehensive 100% employer‑paid benefits. Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan. 87% maternity top‑up. 50% subsidy on TransLink passes. Detailed Overview: Cleans, decontaminates, checks, tests, assembles, sterilizes, and distributes supplies, instruments and equipment related to the Operating Room and other areas of the Hospital; performs related clerical duties. Responsibilities Receives, sorts, disassembles, decontaminates, cleans, assembles, wraps, sterilizes, and stores instruments, equipment and hospital supplies from all user areas. Prepares equipment, instruments, and supplies for storage and distribution by checking, testing, calibrating, assembling, packaging, wrapping and sterilizing according to established procedures. Operates departmental equipment such as automated washers, cart washer, pasteurizer, ultrasonic washer, clean dryer, heat sealer, and sterilizers. Reports and/or removes any malfunctioning equipment or instruments. Issues and/or delivers supplies when requested; maintains stock of supplies according to established procedures by checking against inventory levels. Rotates stock and reprocesses outdated supplies according to departmental procedures. Participates in routine maintenance of department equipment by cleaning, checking and testing sterilizers, mechanical washers and other MDR equipment; cleans work and storage areas as required. Participates in the department’s Quality Assurance Program. Performs clerical duties such as recording supply and delivery statistics, answering the telephone, completing maintenance requisitions for signature, maintaining records, filing, and typing. Participates in staff orientation as requested. Picks supplies and instruments for surgical cases. Performs other related duties as assigned. Qualifications Education and Experience: Grade 12, plus successful completion of a recognized Sterile Supply Processing program, plus one year of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Skills and Abilities: Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Ability to deal effectively with others. Physical ability to perform the duties of the position. Ability to operate related equipment. Knowledge of surgical and medical terminology. Mathematical aptitude. Ability to organize work. About Fraser Health: Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner. Seniority Level: Entry Level Employment Type: Full-time Job Function: Health Care Provider Industries: Hospitals and Health Care #J-18808-Ljbffr