Sterile Processing Technician

About the role

The CORE Institute offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive health and welfare benefits, a monthly $43 stipend for ancillary benefits, an HSA with company match, a 401(k) plan after 6 months of service with a company match, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED
• Three years of Sterile Processing Technician experience (preferred)
• Current national certification as a Sterile Processing Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician, or Surgical Instrument Processor, or obtained within 90 days of hire
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) is preferred

Essential Functions

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies, and equipment
• Assembles, wraps, and sterilizes trays of instruments
• Follows proper Standards Precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas
• Maintains a clean work area
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solutions to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment
• Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner
• Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, and facility medical equipment
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment
• Reviews par levels of supplies and equipment to ensure that the resources necessary for patient safety are available