Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR)-Eagle Ridge Hospital-Coquitlam

Job summary

The technician is responsible for cleaning, decontaminating, assembling, and sterilizing medical instruments and equipment for hospital use. They also manage departmental inventory, maintain equipment, and perform clerical tasks to support surgical operations.

Job details

Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $30.67 - $30.67 / hour 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 Rotates stock and reprocesses outdated supplies according to departmental procedures.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. 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. People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. 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. Together, we are the heart of health care. Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | X | Indeed | Glassdoor Protect yourself from recruitment and employment scams. We are aware of suspected fraudulent recruitment activity involving individuals impersonating Fraser Health recruiters or representatives. Fraser Health will never ask candidates or jobseekers for money, fees, gift cards or equipment purchases at any stage of the recruitment process. Learn more >

What you’ll do

The technician is responsible for cleaning, decontaminating, assembling, and sterilizing medical instruments and equipment for hospital use. They also manage departmental inventory, maintain equipment, and perform clerical tasks to support surgical operations.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Grade 12 diploma and have successfully completed a recognized Sterile Supply Processing program. At least one year of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education and training is required.

Listed skills

• Organization · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Medical device reprocessing
• Sterilization
• Decontamination
• Instrument assembly
• Equipment calibration
• Quality assurance
• Clerical duties
• Surgical instrument handling
• Inventory management
• Medical terminology
• Surgical terminology
• Mathematical aptitude
• Communication
• Organization
• Clerical Works
• Packaging And Labeling
• Heat Sealing
• Mathematics
• Medical Terminology
• Operating Room (OR)
• Stock Rotation
• Statistics
• Typing
• Filing

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Administrative
• Hospitalist Medical Director
• Health Technician / Technologist (Other)
• Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians
• Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other