Sterile Processing Tech, Jewish Hospital, 10:30p-7:00a

UofL Health • Louisville, KY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sterile Processing Tech supports direct patient care by ensuring operating room staff receive the correct, fully functional, sterile instrumentation on time and with excellent customer service. The role performs the four core Sterile Processing Department functions—decontamination, preparation and packaging, sterilization, and dispatch—with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy. Work must follow applicable AAMI, AORN, and CDC standards and procedures for preparing, sterilizing, storing, and delivering surgical instrumentation.

The position also supports hospital-wide supply and instrument distribution, maintains a clean and organized department, and works collaboratively with hospital personnel. The employee is expected to follow safety, confidentiality, and organizational requirements and demonstrate UofL Health’s values of honesty, integrity, compassion, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Nationally recognized Sterile Processing certification required within 12 months of hire.
• Effectively communicate with co-workers and other hospital personnel.
• Ability to decontaminate reusable instruments, sets, and utensils according to accepted sterile processing standards.
• Knowledge of biological monitoring.
• Demonstrate tact, respect, and composure under pressure.
• Demonstrate accuracy, thoroughness, attention to detail, and quality checking.
• Ability to problem-solve, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Strong relationship-building, initiative, information-gathering, and analysis skills.
• Ability to break complex tasks into manageable steps and consider input from multiple sources.
• Flexibility and ability to make appropriate adjustments and changes.
• Ability to use instrument washers/decontaminators, sonic washers, cart washers, steam sterilizers, and hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilizers.
• Adequate conversational English to take direction, understand and perform tasks, communicate as needed, and follow safety guidelines and organizational policies.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to interpret a wide variety of instructions and deliver successful results; identify issues and opportunities and develop appropriate solutions.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office programs.
• Ability to use an instrument management system and One Source and learn other relevant systems and databases as needed.
• Maintain confidentiality, protect sensitive data, and adhere to organizational and department safety standards.
• Work collaboratively and support team members.
• Demonstrate commitment to service, organizational values, professionalism, and effective customer service.

Nice To Haves

• One year of previous experience in a healthcare setting in a clinical capacity.
• Previous experience in sterile processing.

Responsibilities

• Answer telephone calls promptly and help callers obtain needed items.
• Assemble supplies and place them into case carts for scheduled and unscheduled procedures.
• Deliver sterile and non-sterile instrumentation, supplies, and equipment throughout the hospital, and collect contaminated or credit items.
• Deliver scheduled case carts to the Surgery Department and inventory and deliver backup carts to the Surgery Department and other required areas.
• Maintain responsibility for returned unused instrumentation and supplies when applicable, ensuring packaging integrity has not been compromised.
• Clean and decontaminate instruments promptly, safely, and thoroughly, accounting for unique cleaning requirements.
• Inspect, assemble, and package decontaminated reusable instruments and sets, checking cleanliness and functionality.
• Operate departmental processing equipment and perform sterilization and associated monitoring activities.
• Observe safety and security procedures, report potential unsafe conditions, and use equipment and materials properly.
• Keep the department organized, clean, neat, and stocked while providing quality customer service.
• Perform dispatch duties and prioritize work to support consistent throughput.
• Contribute to maintaining supplies and sterile items for hospital use.
• Conduct departmental business professionally and comply with company policies, standards of conduct, and HIPAA privacy and security requirements.
• Perform duties safely to prevent injury to self, patients, visitors, and hospital personnel.
• Collaborate with team members and interact effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff, and the broader health care community.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED