PRN Sterile Processing Technician

bannerhealth; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

403(b) Pre‑tax retirement plan

Employee Assistance Program

Employee wellness program

Discount Entertainment tickets

Restaurant/Shopping discounts

Auto Purchase Plan

Paid orientation

Flexible Schedules

Fewer Shifts Cancelled

Job summary

Banner Staffing Services-AZ is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to ensure OR readiness by handling decontamination, assembly, packaging, and distribution of surgical instruments. You will support PeriOp Services, ED, ICU, and clinics, maintaining quality assurance logs and instrument inventories.

Responsibilities include interpreting surgical schedules, communicating needs to minimize delays, and ensuring proper handling of equipment according to IFUs and hospital policy.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Mechanical aptitude with ability to break down, clean, lubricate, and reassemble moving parts.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; ability to work with teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide decontamination and sterile processing support for OR and hospital departments.
• Decontaminate, assemble, and package surgical instruments; maintain QA records.
• Interpret surgical schedules and communicate special needs to minimize delays.
• Track instruments and report replacements to maintain ready inventory.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

Sterile processing experience

Job description

Location: Mesa, Arizona

Department: Banner Staffing Services-AZ

Shift: Night

Job Category: Clinical Support

Banner Staffing Services offers a world of opportunities to make an impact on one of the country’s leading health systems. If you’re looking to leverage your abilities to make a difference – you belong at Banner Staffing Services!

As the internal staffing (registry) provider for Banner Health, Banner Staffing Services (BSS) provides opportunities within one of the country’s leading health systems. The BSS team is dedicated to providing personal attention and professional support for its employees. Registry opportunities are a great way to market your skills within Banner Health. As a BSS employee, you are eligible to apply (at any time) as an internal applicant to any regular full-time or part‑time opportunities within Banner Health.

Additional benefits for BSS registry positions:

• Competitive wages
• Paid orientation
• Flexible Schedules (select positions)
• Fewer Shifts Cancelled
• Weekly pay
• 403(b) Pre‑tax retirement plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee wellness program
• Discount Entertainment tickets
• Restaurant/Shopping discounts
• Auto Purchase Plan

BSS Registry positions do not have guaranteed hours and no medical benefits package is offered. BSS requires completion of post‑offer Occupational Health physical assessment, drug screen and background check (employment, criminal and education).

This PRN Assignment will be based at Banner Del Webb Medical Center, Sun City and the hours needed are Thursday - Saturday 5:00pm - 5:30am

*BSS assignments typically require a minimum of 12-18 months of recent Sterile Processing experience within a hospital setting.

Position Summary

This position demonstrates accountability for operating room readiness ensuring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies are complete and ready for a procedure prior to the preceding patient leaving the operating room. Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instrumentation including the cleaning, decontamination, disassemble/reassemble, quality assurance, instrument identification, set assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instrumentation for PeriOp Services, hospital departments, and clinics.

Core Functions

1. Provides decontamination and sterile processing support to PeriOp Services, ED, ICU, hospital‑wide departments, clinics both on and off campus, and ambulatory surgery centers. Provides various levels of service for the management of sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable patient care supplies. Support may‑or‑may‑not include, decontamination of surgical instruments, assembly/sterilization, sterile instrument storage, partial or complete case cart support, OR core tech support and high‑level disinfection.
2. Responsible for the decontamination, assembly, and packaging of surgical instruments following established protocols, instructions for use (IFU) and performs required quality assurance, repairs, reassembly, documentation, sterility handling, and storage of specialized surgical instruments. Maintains required sterilization logs and quality assurance records relating to all equipment associated for the purpose of decontamination, HLD disinfection, and sterilization.
3. Ability to interpret the surgical schedule and medical terminology as it pertains to scheduled procedures requiring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies needed. Able to address and communicate special needs to minimize delays to surgery. Responds to emergent calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigation. Determines priority level of instrumentation requests and other hospital needs. Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.
4. Able to differentiate surgical instrumentation that is surgery owned, consignment/loaner, hospital depart, surgeon, ambulatory surgery center, and clinics both on and off campus. Completes necessary tracking of surgical instruments with a paper log sheet or computer process for instrumentation leaving the area. Reports needed replacement of surgical instruments to maintain the inventory and support readiness of sets.
5. Utilizes specialized equipment for the decontamination, high‑level disinfection, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation according to the device and equipment manufacturer’s recommendations and hospital policy. Operates steam and hydrogen peroxide sterilizers of various. Operates automated surgical instrument washers, ultrasonics, flush pumps, visualization devices, and cart washers to include high‑level disinfectors where supported.
6. Operates various quality assurance testing equipment associated to flexible endoscopic scopes, transesophageal ultrasound probes, and electro‑surgical insulation defect detector for laparoscopic and energy provided surgical instrumentation. Utilizes heat detection devices to allow steam sterilized surgical instrumentation to be released for use without risking burns to staff and patients. Operates demagnetizers of stainless‑steel instruments for ophthalmic and delicate cardiac surgical instrumentation for safe use on patients. Utilizes various borescope devices to inspect inner channels of lumened surgical instrumentation and flexible scopes.
7. Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices. Staff follow protocols for proper donning of personnel protective equipment (PPE) while completing the decontamination process referencing IFU’s supplied by the manufacturers.
8. Maintain flexibility to rotate shifts and adjust hours as needed, maintain a work record of regular attendance, timely arrivals, and departures, maintain professional appearance appropriate to position and function.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble, problem solve incomplete trays and missing instrumentation and have effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Complete national certification as an SPD Technician within one year of hire.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

EEO Statement

EEO/Disabled/Veterans: We are an equal opportunity employer. This organization supports a drug‑free work environment.