Sterile Processing Technician

About the role

This position is responsible for ensuring that all basic surgical supplies, instruments and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed and tracked in a quality / timely manner throughout the hospital. Will begin to train and validate competencies to allow perform of these duties independently and without close supervision. Utilizes applications and technology to accurately facilitate record keeping in accordance with State and Federal regulations, promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service behavior standards, performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Disassemble, clean, decontaminate, and disinfect basic surgical instruments.
• Identify, Assemble, protect, wrap, contain, peel pack, label and sterilize/basic surgical instruments.
• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures.
• Clean, and correctly use CP equipment.
• Perform, read, validate and record all biological and chemical sterilization tests and parameters before making equipment available for use.
• Print off a needs list and collect all the necessary items needed for surgical/medical procedures.
• Issue sterile supplies to areas of the hospital or regional campuses.
• Issue and receive durable, moveable clinical equipment.
• Perform basic inventory duties as required.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and written with providers, caregivers, and vendors.

Requirements

• Must attain Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) within one year of hire date.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• Experience with Sterile Processing Department software.
• CER or CIS certification through HSPA (Level 3).

Skills

• Communicate effectively both verbally and written.
• Customer Service.
• Vendor Relationships.
• Sterilization Techniques.
• Equipment Operations.
• Surgical Instrumentation (Level 2-3).
• Sterile Processing (Level 2-3).

Benefits

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Pay

• Level 1 Pay Range: 19.50 - 26.48 USD Hourly.
• Level 2 Pay Range: 20.07 - 28.59 USD Hourly.
• Level 3 Pay Range: 20.88 - 31.09 USD Hourly.

Posting specifics

• Department: Sterile Processing.
• Position could be filled as a Sterile Processing Technician II or Sterile Processing Technician III depending on qualifications.
• Minimum Qualifications (Level 1): Must attain Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) within one year of hire date.
• Minimum Qualifications (Level 2-3): Central Processing Certification from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association) required.
• Preferred Qualifications: High School Diploma, Experience with Sterile Processing Department software, CER or CIS certification through HSPA (Level 3).