Central Service Distribution Tech

About Sequoia Hospital – Hello Humankindness

Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital is an accredited, not-for-profit community hospital providing innovative and exceptional health care for generations of Bay Area residents. Sequoia’s Heart and Vascular Institute is a nationally known pioneer in advanced cardiac care, affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute. Sequoia has received national recognition from Healthgrades for superior patient safety and was named as one of America’s top 100 hospitals for cardiac care. Our Total Joint Replacement program is a designated Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Our Birth Center is consistently ranked as a favorite among Peninsula families. We are also known for our comprehensive emergency care and leading-edge tomosynthesis 3-D mammogram technology. Our Pavilion combines the most advanced medical and surgical services with a unique healing environment, including private, spacious rooms and inviting garden areas.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our CS Dist Tech, you will be a professional assuming responsibility and accountability for your contribution toward the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients and their families.

Every day you will perform a wide variety of technical and manual tasks in the Central Service Department, under the direction of the Central Service Manager.

To be successful in this role, you will consistently align your actions with the mission and philosophy of Dignity Health, ensuring effective support for patient care and departmental operations.

• Ensures a professional and responsive atmosphere by greeting patients, visitors, staff, and physicians promptly and courteously. Refers to each individual by name when appropriate. Screens individuals by requesting to see identification or visitor pass.
• Operates, cleans and maintains storage areas and equipment
• Collects, receives, sorts, cleans, decontaminates and issues equipment to user departments
• Picks supplies for user departments as directed.
• Properly rotates medical supplies, checks for physical damage, dust, moisture and expiration dates on all medical supplies and devices. Handles all supplies using aseptic or sterile technique
• Routinely performs assigned duties on assembling procedure carts correctly by checking par-levels, replenishing stock, issuing, distribution of IV solutions, disposable procedure trays and other medical supplies which reside in clinical areas of the Facility

Required

• High School Graduate or GED
• One year of storeroom or shipping experience or CSR distribution experience required; however, the experience requirement is waived for individuals who have completed a Central Services Technician (CST) externship at Sequoia Hospital.

• Familiarity with various Materials Management systems.

• Basic computer skills. i.e. Data entry, e-mail, and handhelds.

• Complete annual safety training.

• Complete and maintain department specific training.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of linen principles.