Sterile Processing Tech

CommonSpirit Health; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 35,886 - 60,559; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay range: $26.05–$43.96/hr

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health seeks a Sterile Processing Professional to safeguard patient safety by ensuring sterile, functional instruments are available for surgical teams. You will perform decontamination, preparation, packing, sterilization, and dispatch with accuracy and professionalism, while expanding knowledge of industry standards and procedures.

You will be required to maintain rigorous infection control practices, strong attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills throughout all

Qualifications

• One year of related work experience in operating room, acute care hospital, or central services.
• Certification within 6 months: CSPT, CSPDT, or CSP Dist Supervisor (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Collect, decontaminate, clean reusable equipment and supplies per standards.
• Inspect, disassemble, and process instruments; select proper cleaning methods and agents.
• Assemble instrument sets for sterilization and ensure proper packaging.
• Inspect instruments for sharpness, tightness, and absence of defects.
• Ensure broken/dull instruments are repaired or sharpened; prepare packed trays within weight/sterilization criteria.
• Sterilize equipment using steam or chemical methods per standards.

Skills

Attention to detail

Infection control

Organizational skills

Education

Certified Sterile Processing Technician

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Sterile Process Professional, you will be a critical guardian of patient safety, ensuring surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation.

Every day you will expertly perform decontamination, preparation, packing, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy, delivering instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism. You will continuously expand your knowledge of standards and procedures for surgical instrumentation.

To be successful, you will possess exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a rigorous commitment to infection control, ensuring optimal surgical outcomes with a professional demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Collect, decontaminate, clean reusable equipment and/or supplies, and associated storage units in accordance with department, manufacturer, and OSHA standards. Check, distribute, and track patient care equipment.
• Inspect, disassemble, sort, clean, and process reusable instrumentation and equipment; select and operate specialized cleaning equipment; follow manufacturer recommendations for cleaning guidelines and proper use of cleaning agents.
• Identify, inspect, and assemble all general and specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser and endoscope instruments per specifications and manufacturer recommendations. Assemble instruments, complex instrument sets, and other surgical items and kits by selecting the appropriate items, trays, instruments, and arranging them in the correct manner to permit effective sterilization.
• Inspect instruments for proper functioning, verify scissors sharpness, box lock tightness, towel clamp and hemostat jaws, and check for rough edges on ring handles, jaws, ratchets, and shanks.
• Ensure broken instruments are repaired and dull instruments are sharpened properly in a timely fashion before submitting trays or instrument sets for sterilization. Produce an aesthetically organized, compact, logically arranged package within proper weight limits and appropriate for assured sterilization.
• Sterilize equipment according to department, manufacturer, and OSHA standards using agents such as steam, hydrogen peroxide, paracetic acid, ethylene oxide, and glutaraldehyde. Select the correct sterilizing method and prepare packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.

Job Requirements

• One year of related work experience that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge, skills, and abilities, preferably in an operating room, acute care hospital, or central services department.
• Certified and Registered Central Service Technician within 6 months, or Certified Sterile Processing and Distinct Tech within 6 months, or Certified Sterile Processing Dist Tech within 6 months, or Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Supervisor within 6 months.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation from the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management Course upon hire.

Benefits and Pay

Pay Range: $26.05 - $43.96 per hour