Sterile Processing Tech | Sterile Processing Tech Trainee

15 Gundersen Lutheran Admin Svcs; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development Center

Tuition Investment Program

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI, seeks a Sterile Processing Technician or Trainee to join our Central Services team. This role supports patient safety by ensuring instruments are safely decontaminated, sterilized, and ready for use. On-site, full-time hours with a structured training pathway for new entrants.

The position offers competitive pay, trainee wage progression, and opportunities for career development in a mission-driven healthcare network.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent with approved sterile processing training or 1+ year sterile processing experience.
• Trainee applicants must complete a sterile processing program within 6 months of hire.
• Strong attention to detail and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate and clean medical instruments.
• Perform sterilization processes.
• Assemble and package surgical instruments.
• Manage storage and distribution of supplies and equipment.
• Gain exposure to infection prevention protocols and quality/safety standards.

Skills

High school diploma

Sterile processing program

Sterile processing experience

Sterile processing trainee training

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Sterile processing program

Job description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Sterile Processing Technician | Sterile Processing Technician Trainee

Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician or Sterile Processing Technician Trainee to join our Central Services team in La Crosse, WI. Whether you're an experienced Sterile Processing Technician or looking to start a healthcare career through our paid training program, this is opportunity plays a critical role in patient safety and infection prevention while building valuable skills in a growing field.

Why This Role Matters

Behind every successful procedure is a team ensuring instruments and equipment are safe, sterile, and ready for patient care. As a Sterile Processing Technician, you'll help protect patients, support clinical teams, and contribute to exceptional healthcare outcomes every day.

Location: Main Campus, La Crosse, WI

Department: Sterile Processing

Employment: Full-Time (1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week)

Shift: Monday- Friday, 6:30AM – 3:00 PM, Holiday rotation

What You’ll Do

• Decontaminate and clean medical instruments
• Perform sterilization processes
• Assemble and package surgical instruments
• Manage storage and distribution of supplies and equipment
• You’ll also gain exposure to:
  • Infection prevention protocols
  • Quality and safety standards
  • The full sterile processing lifecycle

What You’ll Get

• Competitive starting pay of $19.05/hour, with additional compensation based on experience
• Trainee starting pay of $17.75/hour, with a wage increase upon successful completion of training
• Generous shift differential.
• Opportunities for career growth through our Career Development Center and Tuition Investment Program.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and a top-rated retirement plan.
• Supportive departmental leadership focused on helping you excel in your role.
• A healthy work/life balance in a community you’ll love to call home.

What You’ll Need

• Sterile Processing Tech requirements: High School Diploma or equivalency AND completion of an approved surgical tech or sterile processing tech program OR High School Diploma or equivalency AND 1 or more years of sterile processing experience
• Sterile Processing Tech Trainee requirements: High school diploma or equivalent and completion of a sterile processing cohort and/or sterile processing program within 6 months of hire (we provide the training program) Strong attention to detail and reliability

Emplify Health is comprised of two of the Midwest’s most respected healthcare systems, Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System. Once neighbors, we are now partners, united in our mission to provide exceptional care to our communities. As a not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network, we have headquarters in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Our extensive network includes 11 hospitals and more than 100 clinics, serving 67 cities and rural communities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With over 4,500 dedicated nurses and providers, we are committed to delivering primary, specialty and emergency care, along with innovative medical education programs.

Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you’ll love!

Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you. We’ve made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love. Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve. You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself!

What You Can Expect

• Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth
• Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member
• Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses
• Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world‑class medical care and the right amount of love.

Select Remote/Hybrid Eligible under More search to see our remote-eligible openings.

A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you.

Learn more about our excellence in patient care, education, research, culture, and something we call Love + Medicine at www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/life.