Central Sterile Tech Certified

Riverview Health; Noblesville (IN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverview Health in Noblesville, Indiana seeks a Certified Sterile Processing Technician to clean and sterilize surgical instruments and medical supplies for safe reuse. The role supports the operating room and sterile processing departments with meticulous attention to policy and quality standards.

Responsibilities include processing instruments, maintaining equipment, decontaminating and sterilizing supplies, and managing inventory while ensuring accurate data reporting.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited CRCST or CST program.
• Preferred: CRCST or CST certification.
• Clinical rotations completed in Central Sterile department.
• Preferred: One year of clinical experience in Central Sterile department.
• CRCST or CST certification within one year of hire or transfer.

Responsibilities

• Process instrumentation and equipment used in the operating room per manufacturers' recommendations and hospital policy.
• Maintain instrumentation in working order; perform preventive maintenance and verify equipment functions.
• Submit requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement; pull defective equipment from use until repaired.
• Report data related to biological and quality testing of sterilization equipment.
• Follow procedures for receiving, decontaminating, assembling, packaging, and sterilizing medical equipment.
• Decontaminate and sterilize instruments, medical supplies, and equipment; adapt cleaning/sterilization methods as needed.
• Assemble wraps and sterilize trays of instruments.
• Monitor stock levels and assist in maintaining inventory in sterile processing, OR, and storage areas.
• Label, collect, and distribute instruments, trays, crash carts and equipment to units as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

Accredited CRCST or CST program

Surgical Technology or Sterile Processing related training

Job description

Description

Eight (8) hour shifts 1300-1930 M-F with Call Commitment

Job Summary

The Certified Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for the cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments and other medical supplies to be safely redistributed and reused on future patients.

Job Responsibilities

• Process instrumentation and equipment used in the operating room according to manufacturers' recommendations and hospital policy and procedure.
• Maintain instrumentation in working order. Perform preventive maintenance tasks and verify equipment functions properly. Submit requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and move defective equipment, pulling it from use until repair or replacement is completed.
• Report complete and accurate data relating to the biological and quality testing of sterilization equipment.
• Follow established procedures for receiving, decontaminating, assembling, packaging, and sterilizing medical equipment.
• Decontaminate and sterilize instruments, medical supplies, and equipment. Differentiate the cleaning and sterilization methods as required for specific equipment and instruments.
• Assemble wraps and sterilize trays of instruments.
• Monitor stock levels and assist in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas
• Label, collect, and distribute instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment to units where they are needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Education Requirements

• Minimum Required: Graduate of an accredited CRCST program or CST program
• Preferred: Certified Registered Central Service Technician or Certified Scrub Technician

Experience Requirements

• Minimum Required: Clinical rotations completed in Central Sterile department
• Preferred: One (1) year clinical experience in Central Sterile department

License/Certification Requirements

• CRCST or CST within one (1) year of hire or transfer into the position

Qualifications

Education

• Technical/other training or better in Sterile Processing or related field.
• Technical/other training or better in Surgical Technology or related field.

Licenses & Certifications

• Cert Reg Centrl Serv Tech
• Certified Surgical Tech