Clinical Sterilization Technician - Team-Driven Support

North Pittsburgh Oral Surgery Associates Ltd; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

North Pittsburgh Oral Surgery Associates Ltd seeks a Sterilization Technician to support the operating room and consult rooms under Doctor supervision. You will prepare, scrub, sterilize, and package instruments, maintain autoclaves, and ensure trays are correctly equipped.

This role emphasizes professionalism, teamwork, patient confidentiality, and flexible support across offices as needed. Strong manual dexterity and ability to lift objects are required.

Qualifications

• Compassionate, efficient, responsible, level-headed, team player with good communication skills.
• Dependable and receptive to new ideas.

Responsibilities

• Remove waste from surgical trays and place in appropriate receptacles
• Scrub, sterilize and package instruments
• Maintain and operate the autoclave machines
• Ensure that surgical trays are properly equipped and oriented
• Practice NPOS environmental control for contaminated work areas and equipment
• Restock in an organized manner, the clinical and surgical supplies delivered to the office on a daily or as needed basis
• If not preparing a surgical tray, be available if help is needed by a fellow assistant in another surgery
• Make up post op bags, monoject and gauze bags
• Know & be able to implement emergency management protocols
• Maintain patient confidentiality
• Travel to other offices, as needed
• Inform Clinical Manager of any staff or patient issues, concerns, or conflicts
• Be willing to help with any additional tasks as designated by the managers or Doctors
• When clinical responsibilities are accomplished, assist your co-workers in accomplishing theirs. THIS MUST BE A TEAM EFFORT.

Skills

Compassionate

Efficient

Team player

Communication skills

Dependable

Job description

North Pittsburgh Oral Surgery Associates Ltd seeks a Sterilization Technician to support the operating room and consult rooms under Doctor supervision. You will prepare, scrub, sterilize, and package instruments, maintain autoclaves, and ensure trays are correctly equipped.

This role emphasizes professionalism, teamwork, patient confidentiality, and flexible support across offices as needed. Strong manual dexterity and ability to lift objects are required.