Central Processing Tech I - Full Time Days

Munson Healthcare Careers; Grayling (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Munson Healthcare is seeking a Central Processing Technician to keep operating rooms and hospital floors running smoothly. You will clean and sterilize instruments, handle their assembly and distribution, and uphold strict infection prevention standards.

Work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with OR staff and other departments to ensure safety and readiness of equipment for patient care.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Keep operating rooms and hospital floors running smoothly.
• Clean and sterilize medical instruments to ensure they are spotless and ready for use.
• Assemble, process, and distribute medical instruments with careful attention to detail.
• Support infection prevention by maintaining sterilization standards and safety practices.
• Organize and store instruments efficiently for quick retrieval.
• Collaborate with OR staff and other departments to ensure ready-to-use equipment.
• Identify issues to help maintain high quality and patient safety.
• Adapt to a fast-paced environment and participate in process improvements.

Skills

Sterilization

Infection control

Instrument handling

Quality control

Teamwork

Process optimization

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Company Description

More Than Just Care,It’sCommunity

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where peoplevacation.That’slife at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and alifestylemost people only dream about - with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence,teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

• Grow:Tuition reimbursement, in-person and onlinedevelopment,and access to ourcareer hubto help you advance.

• Thrive:Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and freeindividualretirement counseling.

• Be Well:Freewellness platform for you and your family,pluspersonalizedsupport for personal or family challenges.

• Be Heard:Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day inthe Life

• As a Central Processing Technician, you'll be responsible for keeping our operating rooms and hospital floors running smoothly!

• Master the Art of Clean - Get hands-on with cleaning and sterilizing medical instruments - think of yourself as a precision artist ensuring every tool is spotless and ready for action

• Process Like a Pro - Handle the assembly, processing, and distribution of medical instruments with the attention to detail that would make a surgeon proud

• Infection Prevention Champion - Play a crucial role in keeping patients safe by maintaining the highest sterilization standards - you're literally a guardian of patient safety!

• Storage Strategist - Organize and store instruments so efficiently that finding what you need is a breeze

• Team Player Extraordinaire - Collaborate with operating room staff, hospital floors, and outside departments to keep everyone equipped and ready to go

• Quality Control Guru - Catch any issues before they become problems - your eagle eye for detail keeps our standards sky-high

• Adapt and Thrive - Embrace our fast-paced, ever-changing environment and help us implement new initiatives that keep our department evolving

Unlock Your Potential: Advance Your Career to Tech II or III

If you're patient, detail-oriented, love hands-on work, and can take direction like a champ, this is your chance to shine!

Qualifications

What’s Required

• High school graduate or GED

Additional Information

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.