Sterile Processing Technician

Sanford Health • Rapid City, SD

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties. The Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for ensuring patient care and surgical supplies, equipment, and instruments are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked in a quality and timely manner throughout the health system.

Requirements

• Must be currently in an Associates Program in Surgical Technology
• Must have knowledge of medical terminology
• Must have strong communication and computer skills

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 12 months experience in Sterile Processing and /or Central Distribution is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient care and surgical supplies, equipment, and instruments are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, distributed, and tracked in quality and timely manner throughout the health system
• Follow all standard operating procedures (SOP) and policies and Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines
• Recognize potential and actual processing errors and follow-up according to procedure or management instruction
• Complete assigned tasks in a timely manner and maintain continuity in work flow
• Utilize applicable inventory systems in use

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees