Sterile Process Tech-3rd Shift-VCCOC-$5000 Sign on Bonus

Vanderbilt Health is the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system with eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, committed to world-class care, education, and research.

About the role

Provides a continuous flow of sterile/reusable supplies, equipment, and surgical instrumentation requiring centralized collection, disinfection, inspection, assembly, preparation, sterilization, and monitoring to hospital areas with occasional guidance. Services are provided through knowledge and implementation of regulatory guidelines and designated policies and procedures.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 10:30 pm – 7:00 am

Responsibilities

• Maintains work environment in a safe, clean, orderly manner.
• Receives, cleans, and decontaminates supplies and equipment per departmental policies.
• Performs, documents, and monitors all quality control tools.
• Receives and inventories departmental supplies, instrumentation, and equipment.
• Prepares instrumentation and equipment according to recommended procedures and techniques in preparation for sterilization.
• Operates all departmental equipment safely and effectively.
• Scans instrumentation and assembles according to prescribed procedures and techniques.

The responsibilities listed are a general overview; additional duties may be assigned.

Technical capabilities

• Environmental Sterility & Safety (Novice): Fundamental proficiency in environmental sterility and safety for practical applications of moderate difficulty; works under direction.
• Equipment Maintenance (Novice): Fundamental proficiency in maintaining equipment, products, or systems; ensures sufficient parts inventory.
• Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Novice): Knowledge of specific equipment performance criteria, capabilities, and limitations; able to use equipment for basic tasks and conduct remedial/preventive maintenance.
• Inventory Control (Novice): Fundamental proficiency in inventory control for practical applications of moderate difficulty.

Core competencies

• Delivering Excellent Services: Serves others with compassion; solves complex problems; offers meaningful advice and support.
• Ensuring High Quality: Performs excellent work with quality checks; ensures continuous improvement; fulfills safety and regulatory requirements.
• Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates accountability; stewards organizational resources; makes data-driven decisions.
• Fostering Innovation: Generates new ideas; applies technology appropriately; adapts to change.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience required.
• Preferred: prior sterile processing experience, or current enrollment in/completion of a sterile processing program with clinical rotations.