{"id":5990,"date":"2024-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5990"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:07:21","slug":"hospital-central-services-technician-ld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/hospital-central-services-technician-ld\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital Central Services Technician LD"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n
Representative group<\/th>\nJob codes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
WFSE Campuswide<\/td>\n18573 (NE S WFSE Campuswide)
\n22696 (NE H NI WFSE Campuswide)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WFSE HMC<\/td>\n18684 (NE S WFSE HMC)
\n22753 (NE H NI WFSE HMC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lead Hospital Central Services Technicians and other staff performing duties associated with a hospital central services unit. Decontaminate, sterilize, assemble and store instruments, basins, equipment and supplies according to prescribed procedures and techniques. Assist in the operation of the unit by coordinating and prioritizing the work, ordering, receiving and restocking supplies and linen; and monitoring the proper functioning of equipment.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under general direction, regularly assign, instruct and check the work of others; assist in the operation of the unit.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schedule staff; coordinate orientation program and train new staff;<\/p>\n

Prioritize and assign work;<\/p>\n

Monitor function of processing equipment; troubleshoot and correct minor equipment failures such as sterilizer sequencing; initiate requests to vendors for service as needed;<\/p>\n

Assist with implementation of policies and procedures;<\/p>\n

Reassign staff in order to respond to unusual production needs;<\/p>\n

Conduct and record results of quality assurance monitors;<\/p>\n

Order, receive, store and account for supplies, linen and minor equipment;<\/p>\n

Solve routine customer service problems and provide technical advice;<\/p>\n

Assist with maintenance and organization of inventory records;<\/p>\n

Verify correct sterilization cycles by checking and signing graphs and printouts;<\/p>\n

Perform the work of Hospital Central Services Technicians II;<\/p>\n

Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

High school graduation or equivalent AND two years of experience performing the work of a Hospital Central Services Technician II.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

07\/14\/2000: New Class
\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion
\n01\/01\/2020: SEIU 1199NW UWMC-NW job profiles added effective 1\/1\/2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP Representative group Job codes WFSE Campuswide 18573 (NE S WFSE Campuswide) 22696 (NE H NI WFSE Campuswide) WFSE HMC 18684 (NE S WFSE HMC) 22753 (NE H NI WFSE HMC) BASIC FUNCTION Lead Hospital Central Services Technicians and other staff performing duties associated with a hospital central services unit. Decontaminate, sterilize, assemble and store instruments, basins, equipment and supplies according to prescribed procedures and techniques. Assist in the operation of the unit by coordinating and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5990","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10916,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5990\/revisions\/10916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}