Sterilization Technician
- Valleygate Dental Surgery Center of South Charlotte LLC
- Charlotte, NC
- 7mo ago
- Part-Time
- On-site
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Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers operates in North Carolina as the state’s first dental-only ambulatory surgery centers, offering specialized care in oral surgery, anesthesia, and sedation dentistry. With locations in Fayetteville, Greensboro, and Charlotte, VDSC provides an essential solution for patients needing comprehensive dental surgeries that require anesthesia, while maintaining a strong commitment to patient safety and quality care.
Our mission is to offer safe, high-quality dental surgery services in a patient-centered environment. This is achieved through advanced technology, experienced clinical staff, and a dedication to improving access to dental care. Our state-of-the-art facilities provide the highest level of surgical care, particularly for patients who cannot be treated in traditional dental offices due to special needs or medical conditions.
Valleygate prides itself on its excellent work environment, offering competitive pay and benefits, with a strong emphasis on work-life balance—no nights or weekends required for staff, ensuring employees have time for personal well-being. It’s an ideal place to work for professionals passionate about dental health and dedicated to making a difference in patients’ lives.
Job Description:
Valleygate Dental Surgery Center of Charlotte is looking for a part-time sterilization technician. The job duties include training, ordering supplies and assisting dental teams. Serve as back up to the surgery control team which includes performing and participating in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation, equipment training and turning over rooms.
This opening is for a part-time schedule working 3 days per week: Mon, Wed and Fridays.
Job Purpose:
Primary responsibility is to sterilize instruments and prepare supplies in accordance with OSHA standards. Maintains all equipment used in attaining and assuring sterility. This position has the potential to assist the providers and assistants with a variety of oral health care services including radiographs, charting and operatory turnover.
Duties:
- Prepares, cleans, organizes, and closes the sterilization room and lab for daily functions.
- Maintains equipment, instruments, handpieces, burs and armentarium by proper care, cleaning, and sterilization according to OSHA standards and manufacturer's instructions.
- Prepares all instrument packs, handpieces, burs, etc. and distributes to operatories. Consults patient schedule to ensure proper availability of instruments in operatories.
- Operate and maintain sterilizers, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
- Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
- Assist with cleaning of rooms between cases and terminal cleaning
- Maintains laundry daily to include towels, smocks, uniforms, etc.
- Contributes to VDSC efficiency.
- Communicates effectively with clinical staff and across departments as needed.
- Consults patient schedule to ensure proper availability of instruments in operating rooms.
- Ensure necessary equipment is available by continually maintaining surgical inventory.
- Contributes to the fluctuating staffing needs of the department by being flexible in own assignments and work schedules.
- Assists in preparing operatories when requested.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with OSHA infection control policies for the protection of patients, self and co-workers.
- Maintains laundry daily to include towels, smocks, uniforms, etc.
- Maintains patient confidentiality and conducts herself in a professional manner.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications.
Skills/Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
- Dental Assistant Certification or sterile processing certification
- Use of dental technology, infection control, dental procedures, radiographs in later phases,
- BLS certification
- Pleasant outgoing, professional demeanor and appearance,
- Teamwork, thoroughness, organizational skills, self-development.
Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers and its subsidiaries are committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment. All applicants are considered for employment opportunities without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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