Central Service Tech I - 2nd shift (North Liberty Campus)

UIOWA • Iowa City, IA

23h • $18 • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Central Sterilizing Services is seeking to fill a full-time Central Service Technician on 2nd shift. This position will be available to work Monday-Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. with rotating on-call/weekends/holidays located at the North Liberty Campus. University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus opened in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility is home to UI Health Care’s nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. This state-of-the-art clinical facility includes a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly-skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. Under general supervision, this position performs technical duties involving all aspects of sterile processing: decontamination, preparation, packaging, sterilization, sterile storage, distribution of sterile medical devices and inventorying, stocking and distribution of medical supplies.

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent, with courses in the physical and natural sciences and mathematics; or
• One year experience in a hospital-related field that would provide a background in medical environment or sterile technique as it applies to medical supplies and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates, inspects, cleans, sorts, disassembles and reassembles complex surgical instrument and implant trays, operates automatic endoscope washers, sonic washers, and mechanical washer/decontaminators.
• Performs microbicidal processes, standard/transmission-based precautions, engineering, and work practice controls.
• Handles large volumes of complex, high dollar flexible endoscopes, delicate eye instruments, power equipment and different instrument patterns.
• Accesses reference materials via computer systems, follows guides and instructions to assemble high volumes of complex of instrument and implant trays.
• Inspects and evaluates instruments for function and cleanliness.
• Confirms all quality assurance mechanisms are in place.
• Labels, seals and documents all items processed.
• Performs all aspects of sterilization, packaging inspection, equipment operation, safety procedures, proper documentation, and prioritization.
• Sterilizes items per manufacturer’s instructions, verifies correct parameters used for all instruments.
• Assembles instrument trays in accordance with patient/surgeon procedure specific cards within appropriate time frame and documents missing items.
• Performs duties in a high stress environment, responds to emergencies and urgent add-on cases.
• Receives and responds to a high volume of phone calls to provide additional items as needed.
• Performs inventory management for high volume of supplies and implants.
• Monitors and replenishes stock levels through use of multiple computer software programs and checks stock expiration dates.
• Documents usages in inventory system, restocks items, and adds new items to inventory.
• Performs regular biological monitoring of sterilizers to ensure sterilizer efficacy.
• Conducts challenge tests on sterilization and decontamination equipment.
• Performs preventative maintenance functions on all equipment.
• Participates in and contributes to in-service programs on a regular basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ability to move 25 lbs, push/pull, and perform repetitive motions

Benefits

• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life, and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees