Senior Sterile Processing Tech: Precision & Patient Care

California Hospital Medical Center; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, assemble, sterilize and distribute surgical instruments and equipment, supporting safe patient care.

You will work under the Director of Surgical Services, ensuring sterility, proper packaging, and readiness of instruments for procedures across Orthopedics, ENT/Plastic/Ophthalmology, General Surgery, GYN/GU/Cardiothoracic, Neuro/Vascular.

Qualifications

• Fire Safety, within 90 Days
• High School Graduate or GED
• Three or more years Sterile Processing knowledge of surgical instrumentation. To perform successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• Certified and Registered Central Service Technician or
• Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Supervisor or
• Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Tech

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate soiled instrumentation or equipment to prevent cross contamination.
• Ensure equipment distributed from Sterile Processing is in appropriate working order for use in direct patient care.
• Professionally assemble sterile items, instrument sets, floor trays and packaging for terminal sterilization.
• Achieve sterility using steam or Sterrad sterilization processes and know when to use each.
• Assist in the surgical case setup process across Orthopedics; ENT/Plastic/Ophthalmology; General Surgery; GYN/GU/Cardiothoracic; Neuro/Vascular.

Skills

Sterile Processing

Surgical instrumentation

Safety compliance

Quality control

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, assemble, sterilize and distribute surgical instruments and equipment, supporting safe patient care.

You will work under the Director of Surgical Services, ensuring sterility, proper packaging, and readiness of instruments for procedures across Orthopedics, ENT/Plastic/Ophthalmology, General Surgery, GYN/GU/Cardiothoracic, Neuro/Vascular.