Senior Sterile Processing Tech III: Expert Instrument Prep

DHR Health; Brownsville, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

DHR Health in Brownsville, TX seeks a Sterile Processing Tech III (PRN) to develop refined expertise. You will prepare, track, and sterilize equipment, assemble sterile trays, and support decontamination and sterilization processes across units.

Responsibilities include quality checks, inventory, training new staff, and providing excellent customer service within the OR and SPD. The role requires high school diploma and certification; 5 years preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• 5 years’ experience as a sterile processing tech preferred.
• Must possess and maintain Central Service Processing Technician Certification or Certified Operating Room Technician by an accredited body

Responsibilities

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others.
• Orders and restocks sterilization supplies.
• Collects dirty equipment and instruments
• Sorts, loads, unload and decontaminate equipment and instruments according to procedures.
• Cleans, repackages, and sterilizes instruments according to procedures.
• Assembles trays, basin sets, packages, instruments and equipment and prepares items for sterilization
• Decontaminates, restocks and assembles case carts and surgical trays
• Ensures specialty carts are stocked and ready for immediate use
• Perform quality control through routine testing and cleaning to assure sterilization equipment and instruments are functioning properly.
• Inspect equipment, instruments, and packaging for cleanliness, defects and/or malfunctions.
• Document sterilization cycle.
• Labels products with sterilization date.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.
• Performs weekly inspections of all sterile items in the OR department
• Checks outdated items and package integrity of wrapped sterilize processing area
• Maintains and updates the instruments tray inventory list following policies and procedures.
• Serves as a resource person in the department by training and developing new staff
• Serves as a preceptor for new staff
• Completes all additional assigned educational requirements
• Ambassador to a specific service specialty in the OR (Ortho, OB-Gyn, Neuro, ENT, Plastics, Gen, Trauma, Pedi, Uro, ect)
• Responsible for instrument availability at all times for that specialty
• Provides at least 1 educational inservice for the staff regarding the designated specialty
• Collaborates biweekly or as needed with the specialty team regarding SPD/OR needs
• Ensures that instruments for the specialty are maintained
• Other duties as assigned

Education

High School diploma or GED equivalent

Central Service Processing Technician Certification or Certified Operating Room Technician

Job description

DHR Health in Brownsville, TX seeks a Sterile Processing Tech III (PRN) to develop refined expertise. You will prepare, track, and sterilize equipment, assemble sterile trays, and support decontamination and sterilization processes across units.

Responsibilities include quality checks, inventory, training new staff, and providing excellent customer service within the OR and SPD. The role requires high school diploma and certification; 5 years preferred.