Long-Term Care Medical Director (C.M. Tucker - Roddey)
State of South Carolina
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Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Location not specified
Salary
$38,791 - $50,428
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-5 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves cleaning, sterilizing, and distributing medical supplies and equipment to keep a military hospital running smoothly.
You'll handle tasks like inspecting tools for damage, ensuring everything is properly sterilized, and managing inventory to support daily operations.
It's a great fit for someone detail-oriented with hands-on experience in healthcare support roles, especially those who thrive in fast-paced environments.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in sterilizing medical supplies and equipment for hospital or operating room use according to regulatory standards
- Ability to inspect medical instruments for defects, damage, deterioration, rust, pitting, or cracks
- Experience maintaining and conducting inventory of medical supplies and sterilized trays, including checking package integrity and expiration dates
- Knowledge of proper sterilization procedures, methods, and cycles for various medical items
- Skill in performing daily quality assurance testing on cleaning and sterilization equipment
- U.S. citizenship required
- No education substitution allowed; must qualify based on experience alone
Full Job Description
About the Position: Serves as a Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) performing full range of duties to decontaminate, clean, prepare, sterilize, and distribute medical supplies and equipment used in all areas of the hospital.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: sterilizing medical supplies and equipment for use in a hospital or operating rooms per regulatory standards, inspecting medical supplies for defects, and maintaining medical instrument inventory to ensure daily operations.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.
For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:
- Determines proper sterilization procedures, by various methods and cycles, for different types of items.
- Inspects required instruments for cleanliness, sings of damage, deterioration, imperfection, rust, pitting, and cracks.
- Conducts inventory of sterilized trays and checks package integrity and expiration dates.
- Scans instruments for use in, or requested for procedures, upon arrival in decontamination to issue to serviced hospital department.
- Performs daily quality assurance testing on all equipment used in the cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments.
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