Sterile Processing Tech 1

Employment Type: Full time • Shift: Night Shift • 40 hours per week

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• DailyPay benefits effective day one (no waiting periods)
• Full benefits package: medical, dental, vision, PTO, life insurance, short- and long-term disability
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions
• Colleague Referral Program (earn cash and prizes)
• Unlimited career growth opportunities with one of the largest Catholic healthcare organizations in the country
• Tuition reimbursement

About the Role

Provides hospital and affiliated facilities with processed materials and equipment by executing established procedures for decontamination, assembly, packaging, and sterilization. Maintains efficient flow of processing procedures through appropriate case set-up, anticipation of healthcare provider requests, and patient care needs.

Responsibilities

• Properly identifies and decontaminates instruments using washer/decontaminator equipment and proper hand-washing techniques
• Assembles instruments correctly, ensuring appropriate cleanliness and function
• Prepares instruments for sterilization through proper packaging, rigid container systems, and wrapping techniques
• Sterilizes instruments by correctly loading carts and operating sterilizers (steam sterilizer and gas plasma)
• Properly handles sterilized instruments for storage and distribution
• Maintains efficient flow of processing procedures through appropriate case cart set-up and anticipation of healthcare provider requests and patient care needs
• Anticipates and prioritizes instrument and supply needs using surgery lists, Sterile Processing Microsystem (SPM) computer system, and inventory levels of instruments

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Certification in Central Service Processing required within eighteen (18) months of date of hire
• One year of general work experience