Sterile Processing Tech II

CHI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 25,003 - 35,307; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution in Houston is seeking a Sterile Processing Professional to ensure patient safety through effective sterilization and decontamination of surgical instruments. This role requires strong attention to detail and organizational skills, with responsibilities including ensuring cleanliness, transporting equipment, and troubleshooting departmental equipment. The ideal candidate will have more than 1 year of experience and must maintain infection control standards while supporting surgical teams. Compensation ranges from $18.15 to $25.63 per hour.

Qualifications

• More than 1 year of experience in sterile processing or related field.
• Ability to perform decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots equipment within Department.
• Maintains a clean and safe work area.
• Transports and decontaminates all soiled instrumentation.
• Assures accuracy in the assembly and packaging of instrumentation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Infection control

Customer service

Education

High School Graduate

High School GED

Job description

Overview

As our Sterile Processing 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, prep and pack, 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 in this role, 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

• Troubleshoots equipment within Department
• Prepare work area at beginning of shift.
• Maintains a clean and safe work area at all times. Participates in routine cleaning activities (i.e. sterilizers, surface areas, storage carts, etc.)
• Transports and decontaminates all soiled instrumentation and equipment to a state of cleanliness, disinfection and disposes of all infectious items according to established procedures
• Maintains customer focuses and service responsiveness by answering incoming calls in a timely manner and responding immediately to emergency requests
• Assures accuracy in the assembly and packaging of all necessary instrumentation, special trays and equipment for sterilization. Inspects and lubricates all instruments according to manufacturer recommendations to insure cleanliness and proper working order

Required Qualifications

• High School Graduate, upon hire or
• High School GED, upon hire and
• More than 1 year of experience, upon hire
• None, upon hire

Where You\'ll Work

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. Our team’s efforts have led to the creation of many research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments found nowhere else in the world. In our commitment to advancing standards in an ever-evolving healthcare environment, our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education. Our strong alliance with Texas Heart® Institute and Baylor College of Medicine allows us to bring our patients a powerful network of care unlike any other. Our collaboration is focused on increasing access to care through a growing network of leading specialists and revolutionizing healthcare to save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.

Pay Range

$18.15 - $25.63 /hour