Sterile Processing Instrument Tech – Precision & Speed

Dignity Health; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health's Glendale Memorial Hospital is seeking an Instrument Tech to ensure the cleanliness, sterility, and readiness of surgical instruments and trays. You will clean, sterilize, assemble, inspect, and record instrument status daily in a fast-paced acute-care environment.

The role requires completion of an accredited sterile processing program and certification(s) listed, with at least one year of experience in a sterile processing department.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an accredited sterile processing program and a minimum of one year of experience in a Sterile Processing Department in an acute care facility.
• Certified Instrument Specialist on hire
• Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Tech on hire
• Cert Sterile Processing Dist Tech on hire
• Certified and Registered Central Service Technician on hire

Responsibilities

• Adheres to Standards of Conduct requirements and completes SOC acknowledgement.
• Performs decontamination, organization, and assembly of instrument sets after procedures.
• Maintains supplies for repackaging, instrument decontamination, Steris units, and autoclave testing.
• Adds instrumentation to case carts and communicates with scrub and circulating staff.
• Adapts to workload changes and maintains patient safety per policy.
• Follows CDC hand hygiene guidelines and supports overall infection prevention.

Education

Sterile processing program

Certified Instrument Specialist

Certified Sterile Processing Dist Tech

Cert Sterile Processing Dist Tech

Certified and Registered Central Service Technician

Job description

Dignity Health's Glendale Memorial Hospital is seeking an Instrument Tech to ensure the cleanliness, sterility, and readiness of surgical instruments and trays. You will clean, sterilize, assemble, inspect, and record instrument status daily in a fast-paced acute-care environment.

The role requires completion of an accredited sterile processing program and certification(s) listed, with at least one year of experience in a sterile processing department.