Certified Sterile Processing Technician

Northtowns Ambulatory Surgery Center; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Northtowns Ambulatory Surgery Center in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to prepare instruments for surgical, endoscopy, and procedure rooms. You will decontaminate, assemble, and reprocess equipment to ensure rapid turnover between cases.

You will maintain clean, safe workspaces, perform autoclave QA tasks, and keep logs. Certification in Sterile Processing is required within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

• Sterile Processing Certification required within 6 months of hire date.

Responsibilities

• Prepare surgical trays and instrumentation for use in operating rooms.
• Decontaminate and reprocess instrumentation between cases.
• Perform regular equipment checks and maintain QA logs.
• Assist with patient movement and maintain clean, safe environments between cases.

Skills

Sterile processing

Decontamination

Equipment handling

QA documentation

Tools

Autoclave

Job description

Sterile Processing Technicans prepare surgical instruments and equipment for use in operating, procedure and endoscopy rooms. The technician decontaminates and prepares for sterilization, all trays, instrumentation and equipment used at the surgery center and reprocesses instrumentation between cases in a timely manner. Performs regular equipment checks such as autoclave QI programs and maintains records/logs. Assists in moving and positioning of patients, as time allows. Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment, particularly in tum-over of the surgery suites between cases, assisting with terminal cleaning at the end of the schedule.

Sterile Processing Certification required within 6 months of hire date.