Central Sterile Tech – Precision Instrument Reprocessing

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to assemble and prep instrument baskets and sets for sterilization. The role requires basic competency in cleaning and maintaining medical instruments and ensuring supplies are properly stocked for clinical procedures.

Responsibilities include decontaminating, disinfecting, and reprocessing instruments, maintaining logs, and ensuring equipment functions properly.

Qualifications

• No formal education required as long as other position qualifications are met.
• If position is located at UNC Medical Center or Rex Hospital, nine months' experience as a sterile tech is required.

Responsibilities

• Assembles baskets of instruments, basin sets and equipment using checklists and prepares for sterilization.
• Assembles sets of supplies and instruments used in clinical settings, checks cleanliness and functionality.
• Decontaminates, disinfects and cleans supplies, instruments and equipment.
• Distributes instruments, equipment and supplies to appropriate location.
• Monitors and maintains adequate levels of supplies, instruments and equipment.
• Monitors equipment for malfunctions and notifies staff for major repairs.
• Exercises proficiency in reprocessing and maintenance of endoscopes per high-level disinfection policy; records data in logs.
• Interacts with equipment according to manufacturer guidelines and follows instrument IFUs.

Skills

Sterile processing

Job description

UNC Health in Chapel Hill is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to assemble and prep instrument baskets and sets for sterilization. The role requires basic competency in cleaning and maintaining medical instruments and ensuring supplies are properly stocked for clinical procedures.

Responsibilities include decontaminating, disinfecting, and reprocessing instruments, maintaining logs, and ensuring equipment functions properly.