Sterile Processing Technician I

Sterile Processing Technician

Pay Range: $18.50 - $26.83

A successful candidate's actual pay rate will be based on several factors including relevant experience, skills, training, certifications and education.

HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to join our team. The Sterile Processing Technician performs a variety of sterile processing functions, assures proper decontamination, quality assurance, sterilization of equipment and distribution of sterile surgical instrumentation to areas throughout the affiliate and outside service contracts to ensure quality patient care and safety and identifies and remedies equipment failures and hazards posing potential risks to patients.

Position Specifics:

• Department: Central Sterile
• Core Function: Surgical
• Schedule: Full time, Evening; 40 hours/week; 3pm-11:30pm, rotating weekends
• Facility: St. Elizabeth's Hospital
• Location: O'Fallon, IL
• Sign On Bonus: $5,000
• Compensation aligned with your experience

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is preferred.

Experience Qualifications

• 1 year of sterile processing experience is preferred. Knowledge of nursing procedures, aseptic technique, medical terminology, and infection control is preferred.

Certifications, Licenses and Registrations

• WI-Certified and Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) is preferred.
• IL-Certified and Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) is required within 18 months of employment.

Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 13 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 13,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.

Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.

Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.
• Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.
• Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.
• Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
• Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!

HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.