Position: Medical Support Technicians

Location:
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center located at 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608
Lake City VA Medical Center located at 619 S. Marion Avenue, Lake City, Florida 32025
Tallahassee Outpatient Clinic located at 1607 St. James Court, Tallahassee, FL 32308
Jacksonville Outpatient Clinic located at 1833 Boulevard Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206
The Villages Outpatient Clinic located at 8900 SE 165th Mulberry Lane, The Villages, FL 32162

Schedule: Medical Supply Technician(s) shall be available and present in Sterile Processing Service (SPS) during hours of operation as follow:

Gainesville Tour Of Duty (TOD): TOD Rotating Shifts Monday through Friday and occasional weekends 08:00am to 4:30pm, 12:00-8:30pm, 3:30pm- 1200am and 12:00 am to 08:30am shifts

Lake City Tour of duty (TOD): Monday through Friday and occasional weekends 0700-1530, 08:00am to 4:30pm

Tallahassee Tour of duty (TOD): Monday through Friday and occasional weekends 0700-1530, 08:00am to 4:30pm

Jacksonville Tour of duty (TOD): Monday through Friday and occasional weekends 0700-1530, 08:00am to 4:30pm

Villages Tour of duty (TOD): Monday through Friday and occasional weekends 0700-1530, 08:00am to 4:30pm

Why You Will Love This Role:
Play a critical behind-the-scenes role in supporting patient safety and care for our nation’s Veterans. As a Medical Supply Technician, you’ll work hands-on with surgical and dental instruments in a fast-paced healthcare environment while gaining valuable experience across multiple VA facilities. This role offers a structured schedule, shift variety, and the opportunity to make a meaningful daily impact.

Description:
Support healthcare operations and work with reusable medical equipment (RME) and clinical/dental/surgical instrumentation and endoscopes used to deliver care and assistance for eligible veteran beneficiaries at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Lake City VA Medical Center, Tallahassee Outpatient Clinic, Jacksonville Outpatient Clinic and the Villages VA Outpatient Clinics. Medical Supply Technicians to work in Decontamination, Sterilization, Examining, Assembling, Packaging, Receiving, Storing and Distributing Supply Items to Wards, Clinic Units and Operating Room areas.

Must have direct work experience working in a healthcare setting with Dental and/or surgical instrumentation and endoscopes. The requirements for Medical Supply Technicians are to decontaminate, sterilize and assemble dental and/or surgical instrument sets and reprocessing flexible endoscopes; maintain, store and packing of reusable medical equipment (RME) as well as document sterilization and decontamination processes.

Minimum Qualifications:
BOARD CERTIFICATION/ELIGIBILITY: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through an accredited Surgical Technologist Training Program and one (1) year hands on experience with Dental and/or Surgical Instruments or endoscopes.
The Medical Supply Technicians understand infection prevention concepts.
Decontamination: Knowledge and experience in removing gross contamination by soaking in a germicide, washing with a detergent-blood solvent, scrubbing with a brush and scouring powder, rinsing in tap and then distilled water or washing in a washer-sterilizer or ultrasonic unit. Pre sterilizes biological contamination before handling. Decontaminates all reusable supplies and equipment. Determines methods for decontamination, disinfection, and/or sterilization of instruments and/or equipment, packages items or assembles sets or trays.
Assembles/Packages/Wraps/Sterilizes Supply Items: Knowledge or experience in packaging individual items or assembling items into sets or trays. Assembles trays or sets according to guides and in a logical manner, permitting effective sterilization.
Distributes Supply Items to Wards, Clinic Units or Operating Rooms: Knowledge of distributing items according to established requirements, special requests or as requisitioned. Fills requests for items based on daily schedules of needs or on individual requisitions.
Receives/Stores/Controls Supply Items Stock: Knowledge of receiving new supplies, checks deliveries for quality, quantity, and price. Stores items in accordance with inventory system. Assists with inventory. Assembles and loads ward and operating room carts according to schedules, and fills special and emergency requests for supplies.

How to Apply:
Please apply below for consideration. For additional questions, please contact Valerie Vazquez via email at Vvazquez@nursesetc.net

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