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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

CSEA

Job Summary:

The Department of Central Sterile at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Sterile Supply Technician 2 (Evenings).

Teaching Hospital Sterile Supply Technicians perform tasks related to cleaning and decontamination, sterilization, pasteurization, maintenance, repair, storage, inventory, and delivery of instrumentation, medical supplies and equipment to an operating room, clinic and other areas of the hospital as needed. Incumbents utilize proper sterilization procedures. These positions exist in the State University of New York (SUNY) Teaching and Research Center Hospitals.

Illustrative Duties

• Performs all the duties of Teaching Hospital Sterile Supply Technician 1.
• May determine the priority of tasks for assigned area; assign and delegate daily work and train other Teaching Hospital Sterile Supply Technicians.
• Monitors the completion of daily tasks in the assigned area.
• Prepares and updates sterile stock inventory and related records to ensure that adequate supplies are maintained. 
• Keeps records of devices that are sterilized and quarantined. 
• Responds to requests for malfunctioning instruments and equipment and provides a response for repairs on those devices.
• May refer major repairs of equipment to other areas of the hospital as needed. 
• Assists in developing, implementing, and maintaining policies and procedures for the storage and distribution of sterile material.
• Confers with nursing staff regarding problems in sterile supplies issuance and/or distribution, resolving problems as appropriate.
• Oversees and applies principles of aseptic techniques in the work area. Oversees and operates autoclaves according to established procedures and monitors quality control program for the same.
• Reviews all trays and operating room case cart components for accuracy.

Required Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a nationally accredited central service exam for central service technicians, AND current certification by a nationally accredited central sterile technician credentialing organization as a Certified Registered Central Service Technician, Central Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician or a substantially equivalent credential, AND either 1-year of permanent service as a Teaching Hospital Sterile Supply Technician 1 or 1-year of experience in cleaning, sterilizing, and maintaining medical supplies and equipment in a healthcare facility.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable days; 4:00pm to 12:00am (Full-Time Evenings)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

As per civil service guidelines

• $39,215 to $48,294 Base Salary plus $3,400 Location Pay as well as $13,000 Geographical Differential

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu