Sterile Processing Tech
About The Position
The Sterile Processing Tech at St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center supports patient care by ensuring high-quality sterile instruments and equipment are available to medical teams. The role processes and sterilizes surgical instruments and equipment, assembles trays, conducts quality checks, and maintains inventory. The technician provides service to patients, physicians, and staff while ensuring instruments are safe and ready for procedures. Success requires attention to detail, organizational skills, and a strong commitment to sterilization protocols. The position also involves preparing and delivering case carts; using aseptic technique to handle and distribute sterile instruments and supplies; decontaminating surgical instruments, power equipment, flexible endoscopes, and other medical devices; assembling, packaging, and labeling hospital instrumentation for different sterilization methods; answering telephone calls; filling orders; issuing and stocking supplies; and using high- and low-temperature sterilization and disinfection processes.
Requirements
- High school graduate or GED.
- Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a rigorous commitment to sterilization protocols.
Nice To Haves
- Completion of a surgical instrument technician program.
- Two years of surgical instrument experience.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver case carts.
- Use aseptic technique when handling and distributing sterile instruments and supplies.
- Decontaminate surgical instruments, power equipment, flexible endoscopes, and other medical devices.
- Assemble, package, and label surgical services and other hospital instrumentation for various sterilization methods.
- Answer the telephone, fill orders, and issue and stock supplies.
- Use various high- and low-temperature sterilization and disinfection processes.
- Conduct quality checks and maintain inventory.
Benefits
- Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days, including debt relief and student loan assistance.
- Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years through the Education Benefit program.
- Part-time employees can receive up to $9,000 through the Education Benefit program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
