Sterile Processing Tech Certified

CommonSpirit Health; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Anthony North Hospital is seeking a Certified Sterile Processing Tech to ensure efficient sterile processing in the OR, maintaining quality and patient safety. You will decontaminate, inspect, and sterilize instruments, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

The role requires CRCST or CSPDT certification and a High School diploma, with preference for up to six months of experience; on-site work in Westminster, CO in a hospital environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
• CRCST or CSPDT certification required.
• Commitment to safety and meticulous record-keeping.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, decontaminates, inspects, assembles, and wraps instruments per procedures.
• Operates washer/decontaminator and sterilizes supplies using approved methods (steam, Sterrad).
• Maintains records per AAMI, AORN, Joint Commission, and OSHA standards.
• Monitors and mentors non-certified staff and supports survey/regulatory readiness.

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

CRCST or CSPDT Certification

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Certified Sterile Processing Tech, you will promote improved quality and patient safety in the OR by ensuring the efficient flow of the Sterile Processing department, performing routine tasks related to decontamination, processing, sterilization, and distribution of instruments and supplies. Every day you will operate and monitor sterilization equipment, maintain meticulous records in compliance with AAMI, AORN, Joint Commission, and OSHA standards. You will also maintain your certification, monitor/instruct/mentor non-certified staff, and actively facilitate the department's preparation for survey/regulatory assessments, contributing to a culture of patient safety. To be successful in this role, you will be a Certified Sterile Processing Technician with meticulous attention to detail, a strong understanding of safety and compliance standards, and a commitment to ensuring quality and patient safety in the OR.

• - Cleans, decontaminates, inspects, assembles, and wraps or packages supplies and instruments using proper techniques and procedures.
• - Knowledge of how items to be sterilized should be packaged in a manner that promotes successful sterilization.
• - Understands the recommended practices for cleaning and care of surgical instruments and powered equipment and the device manufacturer's validated and written instructions for use.
• - Understands that devices labeled as single-use should not be reprocessed unless the FDA guideline for reprocessing of singleuse devices can be met.
• - Sterilizes supplies and instruments using the prescribed method (e.g. steam, gas plasma (Sterrad).
• - Operates washer/decontaminator per department policy and procedure.

Job Requirements

Required

• - High School Diploma/G.E.D.
• - CRCST or CSPDT Certification

Preferred

• - Six (6) months of experience

Where You’ll Work

For more than 50 years, St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster, Erie, Brighton, Broomfield, Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60,000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics, ambulatory surgery center, birthing center with private birthing suites, Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services, over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging services. In 2023, we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement, which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience, wellness and person-centered care, we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site, with an emphasis on preventive health, wellness and health education.