Sterile Processing Tech I — Launch Your Healthcare Impact

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health in Nashville is seeking a Sterile Processing Associate to provide a continuous flow of sterile and reusable supplies, instrumentation and equipment for hospital areas with guidance on regulatory guidelines. Shift: Thursday–Sunday, 5:00 pm–3:30 am.

Responsibilities include cleaning, decontamination, inventory, quality control, and safe operation of equipment to support patient care.

Qualifications

• Sterile processing experience or enrollment in a Sterile Processing program with clinical rotations/experience.
• Hands-on experience in instrument processing, decontamination, and sterilization preferred.
• Familiarity with regulatory guidelines and department policies.

Responsibilities

• Maintains work environment in a safe, clean, orderly manner.
• Receives, cleans and decontaminates supplies and equipment with departmental policies.
• Performs, documents and monitors all quality control tools.
• Receives and inventories departmental supplies, instrumentation and equipment.
• Prepares instrumentation and equipment for sterilization according to procedures.
• Operates all departmental equipment safely and effectively.
• Scans instrumentation and assembles according to procedures.

Skills

Environmental sterility

Equipment maintenance

Surgical equipment knowledge

Inventory control

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Vanderbilt Health in Nashville is seeking a Sterile Processing Associate to provide a continuous flow of sterile and reusable supplies, instrumentation and equipment for hospital areas with guidance on regulatory guidelines. Shift: Thursday–Sunday, 5:00 pm–3:30 am.

Responsibilities include cleaning, decontamination, inventory, quality control, and safe operation of equipment to support patient care.