Certified Sterile Processing Technician - West Campus

Texas Children's Hospital; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is seeking a Certified Sterile Processing Technologist to handle instruments, supplies, and equipment for surgical procedures. The role supports the circulating RN and requires independent work in a fast-paced environment.

Candidates should have completed externship hours for certification and possess OR instrumentation knowledge, with the ability to operate all sterilization equipment and prioritize tasks.

Qualifications

• Externship hours completed for certification.
• Wide knowledge of instrumentation used in the OR.
• Ability to operate OR sterilization and processing equipment independently.

Responsibilities

• Process decontaminated medical devices according to priorities and IFU’s.
• Receive instruments from decontamination and process appropriately.
• Perform routine cleaning of workspace/instrument room and monitor environmental monitors.
• Complete sterilization processes and high-level disinfection.

Skills

Externship hours

OR instrumentation

Independent work

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a

We are searching for a Certified Sterile Processing Technologist-- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will handle instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary during the surgical procedure, assisting the physician while performing related patient care duties in an age-appropriate manner as assigned by the circulating nurse (RN).

Think you’ve got what it takes?

• completion of all externship hours required for certification
• knowledge of wide variety of instrumentation used in the operating room throughout the hospital
• ability to operate all OR sterilization and processing equipment to prioritize and organize and to work independently

Preferred Education

• High School Diploma or GED

License Required (1)

• CRCST - Cert-Cert Reg Cent Ser TECH by The Healthcare Sterile Processing Association, OR
• CSPDT - Cert-Sterile Proc & Dist Tech by the Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician issued by The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Processes decontaminated medical devices as they are received, according to established priorities, medical device IFU’s and best practices
• Processes decontaminated medical devices as they are received, according to established priorities, medical device IFU’s and best practices
• Receives instruments from the decontamination area and processes appropriately
• Performs physical and environmental duties as designated on a routine daily basis, including but not limited to cleaning workspace/instrument room/cabinets, emptying biohazards waste, monitoring sterilizers, and checking environmental monitors
• Completes sterilization processes
• Performs high-level disinfection
• Performs other duties as assigned, including other essential instrument room duties

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.