Sterile Processing Technician (Cert and Non-Cert) - Sterile Processing - FT - Days

The Surgical Processing Technician performs and participates in decontamination, assembling, packaging, sterilization, storage and dispatch of surgical instrumentation. The Technician serves as a resource for team members.

• Performs the decontamination and sterilization processes for instruments
  • Operates equipment including washers/disinfectors, ultrasonics, steam sterilizers, vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas plasma and high level disinfection
  • Receiving, handling, collection and transport of contaminated instruments
  • Cleaning, decontamination and disinfection of instruments
  • Assists in training non-certified or new team members on proper sterilization techniques
  • Serves as a resource for team members
• Performs instrument tray inspection, assembly and packaging for sterilization
  • Adheres to manufacturers' instructions, department policies and procedures pertaining to preparation and packaging of instrument sets and individual instruments
  • Inspects all instruments for cleanliness and function
  • Assembles surgical trays and vendor trays in rigid containers or wraps for sterilization
  • Assures timely instrument turnaround for the OR case picking process
• Performs process monitoring, testing and quality control
  • Adheres to manufacturers' instructions, department policies and procedures while performing monitoring and recording of the sterilization process
  • Physical monitors such as time, temperature and pressure is monitored with every sterilization load
  • Biological monitoring is performed with every sterilization load as specified in department policies and procedures
  • Chemical monitoring is performed as specified in department policies and procedures
  • Process challenge device (PCD) is used to assess the effective performance of the sterilization process