Christopher Kreps
Tulsa,OK
Summary
Attentive, well diverse, professional Sterile Processing Technician with over 10 years of experience in healthcare and 5 years of leadership experience within the sterile processing field. Good communication skills, a strong attention to detail, a superior work ethic and flexibility to accommodate any needs of a facility.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Sterile Processing Traveling Technician
Aya Healthcare Traveling
Oklahoma City, OK
01.2021 - Current
- Though an agency, I am contracted to any facility in need of professional help with the CS department.
- Help can include any general tech work such as assembly, sterilization or decontamination held to guideline standards as well as covering any shift required by facility.
- Advanced help can be offered such as education of new employees, process improvements, or leadership needs at request of the department management.
Worcester, MA
06.2020 - 12.2020
Accountable Healthcare Staffing Inc
Charleston, SC
02.2020 - 04.2020
Central Sterile Lead Tech
Bailey Medical Center
Owasso, Oklahoma
06.2019 - 02.2020
- Role includes all functions of a central sterile tech including decontamination, assembly and sterilization while working alongside coworkers as well as independently in all areas within the department.
- Other duties include:.
- Time management of instrumentation turn over to maintain case load needs and reduce IUSS rate.
- Handle any day-to-day issues within the central sterile department.
- Process improvement to create a better workflow within all work areas.
- Update and maintain IFU's on all inventory in use.
- Also update and revise any inventory count sheets needed for instrumentation.
- Handle all vendors that provide instruments for cases to make sure they are within hospital guidelines for dropping off and retrieving of their own instrumentation.
- Make sure all Rep's instrumentation are provided with manufacturers current IFU.
- Help create and plan for future build onto the central sterile department to update and comply with all requirements with a regulatory body.
Sterile Processing Supervisor/ Educator
Hillcrest Medical Center
Tulsa, OK
10.2015 - 06.2019
- Role includes all functions of a central sterile tech including decontamination, assembly and sterilization while working alongside coworkers as well as independently in all areas within the department.
- Other duties include:.
- Create day to day schedule for all staff scheduled on my shift.
- Rotate to any shift to help with any educational or department needs to maintain patient satisfaction and surgery start times.
- Help create monthly schedule of all staff within the department.
- Assist in retrieving of soiled instrumentation to and properly transport to the decontamination area.
- Provide educational in-services to staff with hands training by personal demonstration or an educational specialist.
- Assist in planning and maintaining a reoccurring schedule for instrument repairs provided by a repair specialist company.
- Basic knowledge of surgical terminology to read surgery schedule for day-to-day instrument needs.
- Time management of instrumentation turn over to maintain case load needs and reduce IUSS rate.
- Handle any day-to-day issues within the central sterile department including disciplinary with all staff.
- Process improvement to create a better workflow within all work areas.
- Update and maintain IFU's on all inventory in use.
- Also update and revise any inventory count sheets needed for instrumentation.
- Handling of all vendors who provide instrumentation for cases to make sure they are within hospital guidelines for dropping off and retrieving of their inventory.
- Make sure all Rep's instrumentation are provided with manufacturers current IFU.
Sterile Processing Technician
Hillcrest Medical Center
Tulsa, OK
11.2012 - 10.2015
- Role includes all functions of a central sterile tech including decontamination, assembly and sterilization while working alongside coworkers as well as independently in all areas within the department.
- Under the direct supervision of shift supervisor would perform all tasks of an assigned area all including decontamination, prep and pack or sterilization with rotation of each area day to day.
- Gathered and prepared instruments and surgical supplies.
- Readied instruments for sterilization procedures and completed decontamination protocols.
- Prepared trays, instrument packs and surgical sets.
- Set up equipment, tools and supplies needed for procedures and organize instruments as directed in surgeons' preference cards.
Dietary Food Service Worker
Hillcrest Medical Center
Tulsa, OK
06.2010 - 11.2012
- Under direct supervision of management would perform all duties needed in a dietary department.
- Preparation of patient trays with their dietary restrictions.
- Delivery of trays specific to patient rooms.
- Cleaning and sanitization of all dishes used from patient trays.
- Assortment of all dishes and utensils to be used for next meal preparation.
- Inventory auditing for supplies that may be expired or need reordering.
Education
Basic Life Support: BLS -
2020
Certified Surgical Instrument Specialist: CBSPD -
2017
Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Tech: CBSPD -
2015
Skills
- High attention to detail
- Good social skills
- Computerized tracking
- Case cart assembly
- Diagnostic testing
- Tray Preparation
- Processing instrumentation
- Sterilization procedures
- Decontamination procedures
- Strong self-discipline
- Fast adaptive to environment
- Assembling packages
- Recording test results
- Ordering supplies
- Delivering equipment into operating rooms
- HIPAA proficiency
- Disposing of biohazardous waste
- General sterile techniques
- Agency
- Attention to detail
- Auditing
- Basic
- Delivery
- Fast
- Inventory
- Leadership
- Next
- Process improvement
- Protocols
- Read
- Recording
- Repairs
- Supervision
- Supervisor
- Time management
- Workflow
Timeline
Sterile Processing Traveling Technician
Aya Healthcare Traveling
01.2021 - Current
06.2020 - 12.2020
Accountable Healthcare Staffing Inc
02.2020 - 04.2020
Central Sterile Lead Tech
Bailey Medical Center
06.2019 - 02.2020
Sterile Processing Supervisor/ Educator
Hillcrest Medical Center
10.2015 - 06.2019
Sterile Processing Technician
Hillcrest Medical Center
11.2012 - 10.2015
Dietary Food Service Worker
Hillcrest Medical Center
06.2010 - 11.2012