Sterile Processing Tech

CommonSpirit Health • Phoenix, AZ

12d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Sterile Processing Tech at St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, you will help ensure high-quality sterile instruments and equipment are available to medical teams. You will process and sterilize surgical instruments and equipment, assemble trays, conduct quality checks, and maintain inventory. You will provide service to patients, physicians, and staff, ensuring instruments are safe and ready for procedures. The role requires attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and commitment to sterilization protocols.

Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed nonprofit hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. The hospital includes Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, and a Level I Trauma Center.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED preferred.
• Completion of a surgical instrument technician program or 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 instrumentation for clinics, surgical services, and other hospital areas for various sterilization methods.
• Answer telephone calls, fill orders, issue supplies, and stock supplies.
• Use various high- and low-temperature sterilization and disinfection processes.
• Process and sterilize surgical instruments and equipment, assemble trays, conduct quality checks, and maintain inventory.

Benefits

• Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days, providing debt relief and student loan assistance.
• Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years through the Education Benefit program.

What This Job Offers

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