Certified Sterile Processing Technician

Job Description

• Schedule: 40 hours per week, Midnight shift, 10:30pm - 7:00am, Rotating weekends
• Sign on bonus: Eligible
• Department: Sterile Processing

As a Certified Sterile Processing Technician, you will be responsible for inspecting, assembling, and evaluating all surgical instruments and instrument sets to ensure quality, determine the need for repair or replacement, validate the completeness of sets, and facilitate effective sterilization. You will operate sterilization equipment and inspect instruments, equipment, and containers to ensure cleanliness and proper functioning. Your duties will include performing decontamination of soiled instruments, sterilization containers, and equipment according to instructions for use (IFUs) and established protocols. You will correct instrument sets according to current standards, established count sheets, and/or instrument tracking systems to maintain accuracy and compliance. Additionally, you will maintain proper inventory levels to ensure availability for case carts and perform regular quality assurance program audits of peers to uphold departmental standards and best practices.

Qualifications:
Qualifications

• High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
  • Note: Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.
• One or more of the following required:
  • Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
  • Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

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