CSSD Operative - Kilkenny, Ireland - UPMC in Ireland

Description

Overview of Role

Cleaning duties as appropriate to the Sterile Services Department. Handling, delivery and storage of raw material components and supplies. Conform with equipment and technological advances within their work areas .The Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) is a specialised area responsible for the collection, decontamination, assembling, packing, sterilisation, storing and distribution of sterile goods and equipment to patient care areas at UPMC Aut Even Hospital

Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain good communication with all users of the service and promote good working relations.
• Arranging the sterile items in the Sterile Store Room
• Carrying out the activities carried out by the other technicians when required
• Ensure cleaning the department and other housekeeping related activities
• Issuing the items to the user departments
• Loading the materials for sterilisation
• Material planning and communicating to the In Charge
• Monitoring the parameters
• Packing and labelling the materials
• Planning and executing the cleaning & sterilisation processes
• Preparing items for sterilisation - gauze, cotton and such other consumables
• Putting up and updating the Standard Operating Procedures related to Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD)
• Recall procedure initiation
• Receiving, checking and segregating the Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) items
• Running validation tests
• Washing, cleaning and drying the instruments

Qualifications & Experience

• Previous experience working within a similar environment is advantageous.
• The ability to work on your own initiative in a fast paced environment.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills are essential

UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

At UPMC we provide a total rewards program that is not only market competitive, but fair and provides growth opportunities for all our colleagues.

• Compensation - Competitive pay for the work employees do - base pay, performance related pay and premium pay where applicable.
• Benefits - Fully paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents. Competitive Pension Plan, company funded Death in Service Benefit x 3 times. Critical Illness cover for all employees up to the age of 66.
• Performance and Recognition - Rewards for performance that supports the goals and mission of UPMC through our annual ACES programme.
• Work-Life Balance - Enhanced annual leave up to a maximum of 27 days. Flexible working opportunities to support you to work around external family commitments.
• Development and Career Opportunities - Opportunities for each employee to reach their career goals through continued learning and/or advancement.

About UPMC

A $26 billion healthcare provider and insurer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centred, cost-effective, accountable care. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialisation arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International.

Providing high-quality healthcare in the South East since 2006, UPMC's operations in Ireland now include UPMC Whitfield Hospital in Waterford, UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin, UPMC Kildare Hospital in Clane and UPMC Aut Even Hospital in Kilkenny. Outpatient care is available at the UPMC Carlow Outreach Centre, UPMC Hillman Cancer Centre radiotherapy locations at UPMC Whitfield and in Cork, the UPMC Sports Medicine Clinic at SETU Arena, Waterford, TUS Moylish Campus, Limerick, TUS Thurles Campus, Tipperary, and the UPMC Concussion Network. The UPMC Institute for Health is located in Mayo and the Global Technology Operation Centre is based in Kilkenny. UPMC is the Official Healthcare Partner of the GAA and GPA.