Travel Operating Room Tech - Sterile Processing Tech - Springfield, OR

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 8hr evenings, 40 hours a week, starting November 30, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,402 a week in all, a taxable rate of $15 an hour plus $801.67 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Sterile Processing Technician — Sterile Processing Tech. The position supports the coordination, assembly, distribution, decontamination, disinfection, sterilization, and maintenance of surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment. The role serves a high-volume surgical environment supporting pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including Level II trauma, spine, robotic, orthopedic, total joint, and cardiac cases.

Job Details

• Schedule: Evening shifts, five 8-hour shifts per week, 40 hours per week. Start date: 11/30/2026.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of sterile processing experience; Level II trauma experience; Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) certification; travel experience required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Level I trauma experience and prior travel experience.
• Responsibilities: Coordinate, assemble, and distribute supplies, equipment, instruments, and case carts; restock inventory; clean, decontaminate, disassemble, inspect, assemble, and sterilize instruments and supplies; operate and maintain sterilization equipment; unload washers and sort instrumentation; answer operating room phone calls; and locate and deliver requested products.
• Clinical and Operational Details: Experience with acute hospital operating room procedures, decontamination and disinfection, preparation and handling, tray and set assembly, equipment documentation, biological and chemical indicators, steam sterilization testing and monitoring, low-temperature sterilization testing and monitoring, flexible scope reprocessing, specialty trays, robotic equipment, orthopedic and total joint instrumentation, cardiac, neurological, obstetric and gynecological, plastic, urological, vascular, laparoscopic, and ear, nose, and throat procedures.
• Special Equipment: Steam sterilizer, low-temperature sterilizer, Sterile Processing Microsystem (SPM), washer-disinfector, cart washer, and related sterilization equipment.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits