Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technician

Alberta Health Services; Medicine Hat; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is hiring Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technicians (CMDRTs) – Surgical Processors at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. You will decontaminate, reassemble and sterilize surgical instruments, using aseptic technique and following Universal Precautions to prevent HAIs.

Responsibilities include quality testing, maintaining equipment records, and rotating through assignments to support Surgery and Endoscopy suites across the site.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) program.
• Completion of an Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) certification or Canadian Standards Association (CSA) certification.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing & following written & verbal instructions in English.
• Adheres to the Canadian medical device reprocessing standards 2023, AHS, IPC, Provincial & department standards, processes, practices, guideline.
• Conducts quality monitoring tests to evaluate the operation of the equipment, ensure cleaning parameters, HLD, sterilization parameters pass.
• Demonstrates safe operation of reprocessing equipment & cleaning & handling of delicate, flexible & surgical instrumentation.
• Must be versatile to rotate through & complete assignments.
• Understands importance & follows through maintaining accurate records.
• Exemplifies critical problem solving/decision making skills around prioritization of instruments to process to meet surgical requirements, customer complaints.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate, reassemble and sterilize hospital supplies, equipment and surgical instrumentation.
• Use aseptic technique and follow Universal Precautions in preventing Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI).
• Perform biological, chemical and quality assurance testing and report problems to the supervisor or designate.

Skills

Reading & writing in English

Following written & verbalInstructions

Quality monitoring

Problem solving

Safety protocols

Rotate through assignments

Education

Completion of an accredited Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) program

Job description

Your Opportunity:

The Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Medical Device Reprocessing Department is currently hiring Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technicians (CMDRTs) - Surgical Processors. We are a multi-disciplinary team providing services to the Surgical and Endoscopy Suites for our hospital site and the Brooks Health Centre. This is a great opportunity as our team works in all areas of Medical Device Reprocessing. You must be certified by CSA or HSPA (formerly IAHCSMM), including 400 practicum hours in a health care facility, to work as a CMDRT in AHS facilities.

Description:

As a Surgical Processor, you will be responsible for the decontamination, reassembly and sterilization of hospital supplies, equipment and surgical instrumentation. You will use the principles of aseptic technique and follow Universal Precautions in the prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI). You will ensure instrumentation and equipment is in proper working order, perform biological, chemical and quality assurance testing and report problems to the supervisor or designate.

Classification: Certified MDR Tech

Union: AUPE GSS

Unit and Program: Medical Device Reprocessing

Primary Location: Medicine Hat Regional Hospital

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.00

Posting End Date: 25-SEP-2026

Employee Class: Casual/Relief

Date Available: 05-OCT-2026

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: Varies

Shifts per cycle: Varies

Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Days Off: Other

Minimum Salary: $25.70

Maximum Salary: $29.28

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) program.
• Completion of an Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) certification or Canadian Standards Association (CSA) certification.

Additional Required Qualifications:

• Must demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing & following written & verbal instructions in English.
• Adheres to the Canadian medical device reprocessing standards 2023, AHS, IPC, Provincial & department standards, processes, practices, guideline.
• Conducts quality monitoring tests to evaluate the operation of the equipment, ensure cleaning parameters, HLD, sterilization parameters pass.
• Demonstrates safe operation of reprocessing equipment & cleaning & handling of delicate, flexible & surgical instrumentation.
• Must be versatile to rotate through & complete assignments.
• Understands importance & follows through maintaining accurate records.
• Acts on potential problems by communicating to Working Leads.
• Exemplifies critical problem solving/decision making skills around prioritization of instruments to process to meet surgical requirements, customer complaints.

Preferred Qualifications:

As Required.