Sterile Processing Tech (SPT)
About The Position
Tryfacta is seeking a Sterile Processing Tech for a 13-week contract assignment with its client in Columbus, Ohio. The position supports sterile processing operations in a high-volume hospital setting and may require work across multiple Ohio State University Health System locations. The scheduled shift is nights, 5 days of 8 hours, from 8:00 PM to 6:30 AM, with 40 hours per week. Potential holiday coverage and scheduling flexibility may be required. The stated pay rate is $33.00–$39.00 per hour. The technician processes and reprocesses surgical instruments, medical equipment, and flexible endoscopes through decontamination, cleaning, inspection, assembly, disinfection, sterilization, documentation, storage, and distribution. The role supports multiple surgical service lines and collaborates with Operating Room teams to coordinate sterilized instrumentation across the health system.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of sterile processing experience; this is a required qualification.
- Medivator experience, clearly demonstrated.
- Previous teaching hospital experience.
- Trauma Level II experience.
- Experience with decontamination, manual cleaning, instrument inspection, tray assembly, sterilization wrapping, and surgical instrument processing.
- Experience with steam sterilization, STERRAD sterilization, biological and chemical indicators, and immediate-use steam sterilization (IUSS).
- Experience with high-level disinfection, flexible endoscope reprocessing, and sterile storage.
- Familiarity with preference cards, instrument tracking, and equipment documentation.
- CBSPD or CRCST certification accepted; CRCST through HSPA (formerly IAHCSMM) is accepted.
- Experience processing instruments across multiple surgical service lines, including trauma, orthopedics, robotics, and specialty procedures.
- Willingness to float between Ohio State University Health System locations and sterile processing sites as needed.
- Availability for the assigned night shift, 8:00 PM–6:30 AM, with potential holiday coverage and scheduling flexibility as required.
Nice To Haves
- Trauma Level I experience.
- Experience in a busy acute-care hospital and/or ambulatory surgery center.
- CensiTrac experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform decontamination, cleaning, inspection, assembly, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instruments and medical equipment.
- Decontaminate surgical instruments, drills, robotic instruments, and flexible scopes using established infection prevention protocols.
- Assemble and prepare instrument trays and sets for surgical service lines including Trauma, Orthopedics, OB/GYN, Urology, Cardiac, Neurology, ENT, Plastics, Robotics, and Transplant.
- Inspect, assemble, label, wrap, and package instruments and equipment according to hospital standards and manufacturer guidelines.
- Perform steam and STERRAD sterilization, including biological and chemical indicator testing and sterilization monitoring.
- Perform high-level disinfection and flexible endoscope reprocessing.
- Operate washers, ultrasonic cleaners, sterilizers, and Automated Endoscope Reprocessors (AERs).
- Reprocess flexible endoscopes, scopes, and probes, including bronchoscopes, colonoscopes, EGD scopes, ERCP scopes, and EUS scopes.
- Maintain instrument tracking, sterilization records, and equipment documentation using CensiTrac.
- Maintain sterile storage and ensure processed instruments are properly packaged and delivered to the point of use.
- Collaborate with Operating Room teams as an OR/Central Sterile Services liaison to track, coordinate, and allocate sterilized instrumentation across the health system.
- Assist with instrument tray standardization and preparation across multiple surgical service lines.
- Follow aseptic techniques, infection prevention standards, sterilization protocols, and hospital policies.
- Support sterile processing operations across multiple Ohio State University Health System locations as required.
- Maintain a safe, organized, and compliant sterile processing environment in a high-volume hospital setting.
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