Job Title: CSSD Attendant

Department: Theatre

Reports To: HEAD NURSE – THEATRE

Core Responsibilities

1. Document all sterilization of equipment. 
2. Ensure sterile storage including remediation of equipment failures and hazards.
3. Monitor biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment
4. Sort mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
5. Restock, labels, and maintain inventory, submits requisitions, collects, and distributes instruments, trays, and facility medical equipment.
6. Perform environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room and in equipment storage areas.
7. Verify that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair, or replacement, and remove defective equipment.
8. Maintain a clean work area.
9. Assist with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
10. Maintain consistency and continuous workflow between the OR and CSSD while practicing excellent customer service.
11. Operate and maintain sterile reliance machine; keep records of loads completed, items of loads and maintenance procedures performed.
12. Operate and maintain decontamination equipment.
13. Decontaminate, reprocess, and maintain flexible endoscopes and bronchoscopes.
14. Monitor surgery schedules daily, identifying general, specific, and potential needs for all cases.
15. Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
16. Maintain strong working/collaborative relationships with other departments to ensure flow and continuity of services.
17. Participate in-service presentations, including but not limited to infection control, patient safety, quality improvement standards

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

Minimum Qualifications 

1. BSCN, Diploma in nursing or theatre technician.
2.  Healthcare-related coursework i.e, clinical medicine
3. 2 years of exposure in the theatre/CSSD field.
4. Experience in a busy theatre environment.
   

Technical & Behavioural Skills

i. Great communication skills.
ii. Strong clinical abilities and leadership skills.
iii. Excellent multitasking, outstanding organizational, and stress management skills
iv. Medical legal compliance.
v. Staff career development, diversity, and keeping abreast of changing standards in nursing.
vi. Dispute resolution.

vii. Time management skills.
viii. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
ix. Service-oriented leadership by example.
x. Compassionate, competent, confident, and committed.
xi. Ability to drive change and inspire.
xii. Honest, confident, and disciplined.
xiii. Recognition for contribution

If your background, experience and competence match the above specifications, please send us your application (cover letter & CV/Resume) quoting the job title on the email subject (CSSD Attendant), your current and expected remuneration, testimonials and full contact details of 3 referees, to careers@pandyahospital.org. The application should be received not later than 5.00pm on 6^th February 2026.

We shall ONLY accept ONLINE applications. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Due to the high number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.