Sterile Processing Tech - Full Time, Day - Jefferson Bucks

Jefferson Health Plans • Bucks County Campus, PA

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sterile Processing Tech is responsible for daily operations supporting operating rooms and other units as needed. The role ensures surgical supplies, instruments, scopes, and equipment are inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked safely, accurately, and on time. The position may support hospital-based practices, clinics, and other locations, and performs standard sterile processing work as well as additional related duties as assigned.

The technician prepares and processes surgical and procedure instruments and trays for operating rooms, delivery rooms, nursing units, and other departments in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions for use, prescribed procedures, and aseptic technique. The role uses sterilization and cleaning equipment, verifies quality indicators, tracks items and inventory, and supports safe patient care through accurate documentation and infection-control practices. Campus requirements may include equipment rounds, maintaining and distributing durable medical equipment, and off-shift and holiday call coverage. The technician may also participate in onboarding new team members.

This is a full-time day-shift position based at 380 North Oxford Valley Road in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, completion of a certified sterile processing technician training program, and certification within six months of hire. A specialized diploma and at least six months of experience are preferred. Physical requirements include lifting and carrying 25 pounds, frequent sitting and standing, frequent keyboard use, and potentially kneeling, bending, squatting, and performing CPR.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Graduate of a certified sterile processing technician training program.
• Obtain sterile processing certification within six months of hire.
• Ability to read and communicate in English.
• Knowledge of patient- and family-centered practice, including respectful collaboration with patients, families, and designated care partners.
• Cultural awareness and ability to connect effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Effective communication skills, including accurately conveying and interpreting information and engaging patients and families as partners in care.
• Knowledge of inventory management strategies, practices, and tools.
• Knowledge of common healthcare equipment and devices and their use in patient care.
• Knowledge of decontamination processes for exposure to chemical or germ weapons.
• Knowledge of infection control, patient safety, and error prevention.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Knowledge of operating-room policies, procedures, and management methods that support efficiency and productivity.
• Ability to lift and carry 25 pounds.
• Ability to perform frequent sitting and standing and frequent keyboard use.
• May need to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR, depending on role-related care activities.

Nice To Haves

• Specialized diploma.
• Less than one year of experience, with a minimum of six months preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interact with co-workers, visitors, and staff consistent with Jefferson’s values.
• Provide respectful, compassionate, coordinated care that recognizes patients’ preferences, priorities, needs, and cultural beliefs and values.
• Communicate with and support the interprofessional team, patients, families, and designated care partners.
• Disassemble, clean, inspect, prepare, assemble, sterilize, and dispense surgical and procedure instruments and trays for operating rooms, delivery rooms, nursing units, and other departments according to manufacturers’ instructions for use, prescribed procedures, and aseptic technique.
• Prepare procedural case carts according to campus requirements.
• Operate automated washers, cart washers, ultrasonic washers, and sterilizers safely and efficiently, following written manufacturer instructions and department policies and procedures.
• Examine and test instruments to confirm their integrity, function, and cleanliness before sterilization or high-level disinfection.
• Verify pre- and post-sterilization quality indicators and report sterilization-equipment issues to appropriate SPD leadership.
• Use the instrument tracking system during decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and storage to maintain inventory levels and accurate documentation.
• Label items accurately with their names and/or expiration dates.
• Check sterilized items routinely for expiration and package integrity, replacing or reporting items as needed.
• Maintain, assemble, and distribute other durable medical equipment, including code carts, when required by campus requirements.
• Perform equipment rounds when required by campus requirements.
• Provide off-shift and holiday call coverage when required by campus requirements.
• Participate in onboarding new team members as appropriate for the campus.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, including prescription coverage.
• Supplemental insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement plans.
• Tuition assistance.
• Voluntary benefits offering access to group insurance rates and discounts.
• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service.
• Access to medical insurance, including prescription coverage, for all colleagues, including those working less than part-time.

What This Job Offers

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