Certified Sterile Processing Technician

HCA Healthcare; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated healthcare team as a Certified Sterile Processing Technician, where your expertise will ensure the highest standards of patient care. In this vital role, you will be responsible for processing and maintaining surgical instruments, ensuring they are sterile and ready for use in various hospital departments. This position offers an opportunity to grow within a supportive environment that values compassion and teamwork. If you are passionate about patient care and want to make a difference in the lives of others, this role is perfect for you. Apply today and be part of a mission-driven organization committed to excellence in healthcare.

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

401(k) Plan with Matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Free Counseling Services

Flexible Spending Accounts

Colleague Recognition Program

Qualifications

• Knowledge of surgical instrumentation and sterilization principles is essential.
• Central Sterile Certification required for South Carolina hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Process and maintain quality control of surgical instruments.
• Decontaminate, clean, and sterilize reusable surgical instruments.

Skills

Surgical Instrumentation Knowledge

Decontamination and Sterilization Practices

Inventory Control

Attention to Detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Central Sterile Certification

Job description

Description

Introduction

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Certified Sterile Processing Technician at Trident Medical Center.

Benefits

Trident Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay, including prescription drug and behavioral health coverage, as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a Certified Sterile Processing Technician for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high-quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Sterile Processing Technician has the primary responsibility of processing and maintaining quality control of surgical instruments, and the monitoring of sterilization/decontamination equipment used in Surgical Services. The Sterile Processing Technician is also responsible for cleaning and disinfecting equipment and supplies that are used throughout the hospital. The position requires a thorough knowledge of surgical instrumentation/equipment decontamination, sterilization principles and practices, instrument tray assembly, and inventory control.

What you will do in this role:

• Provide hospital departments, including but not limited to, the OR, the Emergency Room, and Labor and Delivery, with sterile instruments and trays in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Properly decontaminate, clean, inspect, assemble, package, sterilize, store, distribute, and document reusable surgical instruments and equipment according to established procedures.
• Collect soiled equipment from nursing units and deliver to the decontamination area.
• Be responsible for the ordering of supplies and instruments and pulling of cases.
• Keep accurate and legible records.
• Transport patients as needed.
• Replenish carts as needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• A High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
• A Central Sterile Certification is required in South Carolina hospitals.
• Prior sterilization and surgical instrumentation experience is required.

Trident Health is a 445-bed HCA Healthcare hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals, Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center, and three freestanding emergency departments, Brighton Park Emergency, Moncks Corner Medical Center, and Centre Pointe Emergency.

We provide care to nearly 375,000 South Carolina Lowcountry residents each year. Every day, Trident Health’s more than 2,600 employees, more than 500 physicians, and more than 130 volunteers are dedicated to fulfilling our mission.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Certified Sterile Processing Technician opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.