Central Services Technician I

Overview:


The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is seeking a Central Services Technician I to perform a limited range of sterilizing, processing, packaging, and distribution duties in a central services unit or in ancillary hospital units.
Responsibilities:

* Disassembles, decontaminates, cleans and reassembles medical, surgical, and patient care supplies

* Assembles utensil sets, single package instruments, sterile containers, and trays for sterilization

* Dispenses supplies to those authorized to obtain them according to established procedures

* Fills emergency requests for routine supplies

* Receives supplies at loading docks, stocks unit storerooms, and assists with periodic physical inventories

* Disassembles, cleans, and checks operation of suctioning machines, respirators, and other surgical equipment

* Loads and unloads supply carts and delivers sterile processed supplies to service areas and collects and delivers used supplies back to processing area

* Operates steam and gas sterilizers, autoclaves, gamma ray and other processing equipment under guidance of higher level technicians

Qualifications:

* Option I: Six months' experience cleaning, assembling, packaging and sterilizing medical surgical and nursing supplies, instruments and equipment or assisting in ordering, stocking and distributing such supplies

* OR

* Option II: Completion of a central services technician course in an accredited vocational school or community college

* Physical Class III - Moderate: Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds

* A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions

* Desirable Qualifications: Additional qualifying experience beyond the minimum requirements, Certification as a Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)

Benefits:

* Notification of Examination Results

* Eligibility for Vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services

* Opportunities for Professional Growth and Development

* Competitive Salary and Benefits Package