The Instrument Technician is responsible for inventory management, distribution, receiving, and sterile processing of instruments/equipment. They are responsible for the case cart room in, maintenance of sterile products, and accurately pulling cases based on doctor’s preference cards.

• Understands and follows department policies and procedures, acts as preceptor for staff.
• Uses PPE (Personal protective equipment) such as impervious gown, face shield and gloves appropriate to the department.
• Appropriately runs washer/decontaminator. Loads instruments correctly. Operates properly and records load properly.
• Appropriately uses Sonic Cleaner and Air Compressor.
• Receives contaminated instruments and equipment. Disassembles instruments, mechanical cleaning, and handwashing of instruments, micro instruments and rubber goods.
• Knowledge of instrument trays to be able to sort instruments into specific sets, in all specialties.
• Ability to determine instrumentation that is heat/fluid sensitive that need to be hand cleaned and dried.
• Understands and knows how to use the dryer unit.
• Assembles instruments serves as resource to staff for specialty trays. Identifies and inspects instruments.
• Use of count sheets to assemble sets.
• Utensil Preparation for all specialties. Understands methods of wrapping and packaging, pouch packaging, dating items and paper wrapping.
• Restocks supplies in the department as needed.
• Knowledge of types of sterilizers and how they function and cleaning of each of the following: Steam, Sterrad, and Steris System 1.
• Knowledge of sterilization parameters, includes proper use of, load control books, how to read the results and documentation, validates parameters met with the following: steam tape, gas tape, internal steam integrators, sterrad integrators.
• Knowledge of Biological Indicators, including proper placement in sterilizer, quality control, incubation and reading the results, documentation and validation of process for the following: Steam Biological indicators, Sterrad Biological indicators, Flash Biological indicators and Steris System 1 Biological indicators.
• Pulls and adds on cases. Pull extras for specialty cases.
• Physician preferences and location of supplies. Reconcile card to special procedure.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and surgical case types in all specialties.
• Takes initiative and volunteers to help others, prepare end of shift report.

• Minimum of High School or GED required.
• Six months of prior experience preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge: ability to operate a PC, create/save/print documents, input data.