Sterile Processing Technician

Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage, and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies, and equipment; assembles, wraps, and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
• 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, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and equipment storage areas.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly; requisitions equipment maintenance, repair, or replacement; removes defective equipment.
• Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an approved sterile processing course and certification as a sterile processing technician by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA).
• Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.

Schedule

• Part-time
• Daily work times: 2:30 pm – 11:00 pm
• Hours per pay period: 48
• On-call: Yes
• Weekends: Yes