Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing

Why Fraser Health?:
Bring your expertise and technical skills to a role where you can really make a difference We currently have an exciting opportunity for a **Part Time Technician** to provide support to the Medical Device Reprocessing team at Royal Columbian Hospital located in **New Westminster, B.C.** We are looking for a devoted and personable person with an eye for detail who is able to juggle numerous tasks in a busy environment and conduct business in a professional manner. You display excellent communication skills as you take a thorough, hands-on approach to deliver high quality and precise work.

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Effective October 26th 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

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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 in conjunction with the Supervisor or Leader, departmental 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's 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 assisting with recording of workload statistics on supplies and equipment dispatched from the department, 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's 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.