Sterile Processing Technician

HCA HealthONE Swedish • Englewood, CO

389d

About The Position

The Sterile Processing Technician plays a crucial role in ensuring patient safety and well-being by meticulously cleaning, decontaminating, assembling, sterilizing, and storing reusable surgical instruments. This position is essential in providing all necessary instruments for surgeries and other hospital departments, requiring a high level of dedication and attention to detail to deliver the highest standard of care.

Requirements

• HS Diploma or GED.
• Surgical or Central Sterile Technical training course.
• Certification as a Sterile Processing Technician preferred.
• One (1) year minimum Sterile Processing, Central Sterile Technician or Operating Room Technician experience.

Responsibilities

• Inspects, assembles, and tests general and specialty instrumentation for proper functioning.
• Identifies tray type by contents of instrument tray.
• Identifies malfunctioning instruments and replaces or reports instruments that need repair or are missing.
• Operates and maintains all sterilization equipment, such as autoclaves, ultrasonic washers, and cart washers.
• Maintains accurate and complete documentation of all washing, sterilization, daily machine testing, proper testing after machine repair, temperature, humidity, air pressure, early release of implants, and eye wash station testing.
• Prepares, assembles, and packages all instruments for surgery and other hospital departments.
• Prepares surgical sets, instruments, and trays according to prescribed procedures, ensuring that all instrumentation is correct and accurate.
• Pulls customized case cart sheets for all surgical procedures and prepares case carts.
• Inventories, maintains and supplies OR storage areas, specialty lockers, carts and equipment used.
• Audits trays for decontamination, washing, assembly, sterilization, implant usage, and instrument count sheets and tracks loaner equipment.
• Creates and maintains accurate records regarding inventories, instrument set content, sterilized goods, biological test results, sterilization, and washing records for infection control practice.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage with low copay options.
• Dental and vision benefits.
• Life and disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity).
• Auto and home insurance.
• Identity theft protection.
• Legal counseling.
• Long-term care coverage.
• Moving assistance.
• Pet insurance.
• Free counseling services for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder, and pet care.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund offering free employee-only coverage based on income.

What This Job Offers

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