Sterile Processing Technician 1

Job Description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Sterile Processing Technicians 1 to join the team! This role will be a full-time day shift position working Monday-Friday and rotating weekends, 9:30am-6:00pm. We offer great pay based on experience, plus, don't forget about our other amazing benefits and perks!

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.


Inova Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement : Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and more

Sterile Processing Technicians 1 Job Responsibilities:

• Inspects instruments and ensures that they are free from bio-burden and in proper working condition prior to assembling sets according to count sheets.
• Locates missing instrumentation and replaces repaired/ordered instrumentation in sets.
• Maintains stock levels in the assembly area.
• Loads items to be sterilized on the loading cart and records them on the load card, adding a biological test to each load.
• Utilizes instrument tracking computer software to document all functions in the instrument assembly area.
• Assembles instrumentation accurately and efficiently and ensures sterility of all processed items.
• Selects the proper mode of sterilization for all items.
• Ensures the presence of all required chemical and biological indicators.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education : High School diploma or GED
• Experience : No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medical experience preferred

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.


Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.