Dental Sterilization and Clinical Support Assistant - Star Community Health Allentown

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

The Sterile Processing Assistant STAR Dental is responsible for supporting the daily functions of Star Community Health Dental by maintaining and operating the sterilization equipment, ensuring that dental instruments and supplies are properly cleaned, disinfected, and sterilized. Maintaining records and logs, checking inventory, and executing proper infection control measures.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understands and executes proper infection control measures, follows OSHA guidelines and CDC infection prevention practices
• Responsible for all dental instruments being cleaned, sterilized, and properly stored
• Operating, monitoring, and cleaning of sterilization equipment
• Maintain a clean and safe environment and workspace
• Prepares clinical items and set ups throughout the day, helps clinical team with infection control and cleaning of operatories between appointments
• Maintain dental equipment and materials, maintain records of inventory or tool usage and relay information to dental program clinical lead to order supplies
• Check sterile supplies to ensure that they are not outdated
• Deliver tools to specified locations in the office
• Perform daily and weekly infection control tests to ensure optimum sterility
• Observing instruments during sterilization procedures to ensure that sterilization standards are being followed
• Preparing sterilization equipment for use by maintaining sterilizer logs and maintenance schedules, determining whether sterilization equipment is working properly by performing routine maintenance checks

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Standing up to 4 hours per day; 2 hours at a time. Walking up to 4 hours per day, 2 hours at a time. Sitting up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time. Frequent use of fingers and hands for data entry, assembling instrument trays and packaging items. Frequent walking, lifting, carrying, pushing of objects weighing up to 100lbs. with assistance. Frequent squatting, kneeling, occasional stooping/bending, crouching, and reaching above shoulder level. Must be able to hear above noise level of operating equipment (sterilizers). Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral visions (must be able to detect defects in instruments).

EDUCATION:

High School diploma or equivalent required

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Dental experience preferred.

Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address.  Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer.  Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable.  It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application.  Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.