Sterile Processing Tech: Precision Instrument Sterilization

LE01 Phelps County Regional Medical Center; Rolla (MO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Phelps Health in Rolla, MO seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to perform sterilization, decontamination, and instrument preparation for patient care. The role requires meticulous attention to detail and strict adherence to safety protocols.

Key duties include decontamination, packaging, labeling, documenting sterilizer loads/tests, and ensuring instruments are ready for use across departments. Education: high school diploma; certification within one year of employment is encouraged.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Sterile Processing Technician certification to be obtained within 1 year of employment.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates principles of decontamination/sterilization.
• Correct use of personal protective equipment (gown, gloves, face mask, boots).
• Correctly sorts instrumentation for cleaning according to manufacturer’s specification.
• Correctly cleans CASE carts.
• Correctly inspects packages for integrity after sterilization.
• Demonstrates principles of sterilization.
• Correct use of biological and chemical sterilization indicators.
• Correctly sterilizes instrumentation according to manufacturer’s specifications.
• Accurately labels instrumentation.
• Correctly documents sterilizer loads and tests.
• Demonstrates knowledge of instruments and equipment.
• Correct assembly of instrumentation.
• Correctly tests instrumentation for optimal functioning.
• Notifies supervisor of broken and/or malfunctioning instrumentation and removes them from service.
• Correctly identifies specific department instrumentation ie. Surgery, obstetrics, and emergency services.
• Maintains daily inventory of equipment and supplies.
• Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Decontamination

Sterilization

Instrumentation handling

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Sterile Processing Technician certification within 1 year

Job description

Phelps Health in Rolla, MO seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to perform sterilization, decontamination, and instrument preparation for patient care. The role requires meticulous attention to detail and strict adherence to safety protocols.

Key duties include decontamination, packaging, labeling, documenting sterilizer loads/tests, and ensuring instruments are ready for use across departments. Education: high school diploma; certification within one year of employment is encouraged.