Operating Room Tech / Sterile Processing Tech

Job Summary Sterile Processing Tech. This 15-week assignment supports sterile instrument reprocessing and gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing across a broad range of surgical service lines. The role requires expertise in decontamination, preparation and packaging, sterilization processes, endoscope reprocessing, and flexible scope high-level disinfection. Job Details

• Required Qualifications: CRCST (HSPA) certification; five years of sterile processing department experience; at least two prior travel assignments of 13 weeks or longer; at least one year of experience in a Level I academic medical center with 20 or more operating rooms; service line experience; competency in decontamination, preparation and packaging, steam sterilization, low-temperature sterilization, endoscope reprocessing, sterile instrument reprocessing, gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing, case picking, and flexible scope high-level disinfection; experience with robotics, general, cardiac, peripheral vascular, cardiovascular, ears, nose and throat, ophthalmology, laparoscopic, orthopedic, orthopedic spine, neurological, dental, loaner implant, plastic surgery, urology, and endoscopy service lines; familiarity with Olympus scopes and washers, loaner trays, Da Vinci Robot Xi systems, and hand washing delicate items.
• Preferred Qualifications: CER, CIS, and CHL certifications; familiarity with minor and major basic instrument sets, trauma, dental, orthopedic, neurological, cardiovascular, ophthalmology, urology, and other specialty instrumentation.
• Schedule: Rotating eight-hour shifts with a minimum of 40 hours per week. Scheduling may occur Monday through Sunday, with at least every other weekend and no block schedules.
• Additional Information: The assignment is 15 weeks. The role may require work on two of the following four holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Day. Biweekly Monday orientations may be required. Typical processing times include less than seven minutes for a minor set, under four minutes for a dental set, and approximately 15 minutes for an orthopedic tray.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits