Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing, Veterinary Medical Centre

Technician, Medical Device Reprocessing, Veterinary Medical Centre

Primary Purpose: To provide support, delivery, and care for the sterile processing of instruments and laundry.

Nature of Work: This position provides services required of a hospital MDR unit and maintains a high quality of sterility and inventory control. Normal hospital central service environment with high noise levels, some unpleasant odors, dress code, traffic pattern restrictions and above-average temperatures due to equipment output. The position is in a complex environment with a wide range of time commitments and a highly fluctuating workload with frequent deadlines. Ability to perform moderate to heavy physical labour (lifting/carrying of fluid gallons, instrument trays and wet laundry). May involve rotating shifts with some weekend hours.

Typical Duties/Accountabilities: Reporting to the Team Lead, Medical Device Reprocessing, this position works as an integral member of the team to provide high-quality sterile equipment and supplies for the Veterinary Medical Centre surgical service within standards as set out by the Medical Device Reprocessing Association Canada, ORNAC and AORN.

This position will also be responsible for preparing sterile intravenous fluids, ensuring proper maintenance and handling of instrumentation, maintaining accurate written and computerized records, preparing and sterilizing surgery linen packs, sorting, washing, and folding of hospital linens; filling requests for supplies for VMC departments; and assisting with the instruction and evaluation of Veterinary Technology Program students.

Qualifications:

Education: Completion of Grade 12 and a successful graduate of a Medical Device Reprocessing program from an accredited school in Canada.

Experience: Two years of direct experience in a veterinary clinic or hospital supply and distribution department.

Skills: Requires attention to detail; effective interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written; demonstrated efficiency with computers and accurate data entry skills; ability to assess situations and set priorities to meet actively fluctuating needs; ability to analyze new situations and apply existing standards and procedures appropriately; ability to effectively work independently as well as part of a team; ability to evaluate the work of others; ability to perform moderate to heavy physical labour; and demonstrated effective organizational and time management skills.

This position is in the scope of CUPE 1975.