Sterile Processing Technician

10 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center; Illinois; On-site; USD 25,733 - 39,881; Full time

Job summary

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Illinois seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to perform disinfection and sterilization, decontaminate and refill carts, inspect instruments, and maintain sterilization records. The role requires knowledge of aseptic techniques and operation of multiple sterilizers.

Responsibilities include ensuring instrument readiness, handling drug boxes for crash carts, maintaining cart stocks, and supporting operating room workflows.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma is required.

Responsibilities

• Applies principles of disinfection and sterilization.
• Decontaminates and refills crash carts, urological cart and latex free box, Trach Box, Chest tube Box, Central Line and Debridement box, following established health center procedures.
• Decontaminates instruments and equipment following established health center procedures per manufacturer instruction.
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic aseptic techniques.
• Inspects instruments for functionality and prepares them for sterilization.
• Maintains and secures stocked crash carts and replenishes used crash carts.
• Delivers used medication boxes securely to pharmacy for refill.
• Handles and maintain security of sealed drug boxes for crash carts.
• Maintains sterilization records for Sterile Processing, Operating Room and HMS.
• Operates all sterilizer cycles in department – vacuum, gravity, Sterrad 100S, Sterrad NS, Starrad NX.
• Operates and maintain equipment according to recommended manufactures instructions and health center policies and procedures.
• Participates in the evaluation of the patient care delivery system.
• Places work order requests (i.e. maintenance, housekeeping, etc)
• Retrieves preference sheets from surgical services computer system per specifics. (i.e. patient specific, physician specific, etc)
• Takes call as scheduled.
• Utilizes surgeon preference card and case cart pick list to competently prepare for operative procedures, when pulling inventory to build case carts.

Skills

Aseptic techniques

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Sterilizers

Job description

Sterile Processing Technician Job Description

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Department: Sterile Processing

Hours: Full-time/40 hours per week

Required: High School Diploma

Pay: Based on experience, starting at $18.68 per hour

Responsibilities

• Applies principles of disinfection and sterilization.
• Decontaminates and refill crash carts, urological cart and latex free box, Trach Box, Chest tube Box, Central Line and Debridement box, following established health center procedures.
• Decontaminates instruments and equipment following established health center procedures per manufacturer instruction.
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic aseptic techniques.
• Inspects instruments for functionality and prepares them for sterilization.
• Maintains and secures stocked crash carts and replenishes used crash carts.
• Delivers used medication boxes securely to pharmacy for refill.
• Handles and maintain security of sealed drug boxes for crash carts.
• Maintains sterilization records for Sterile Processing, Operating Room and HMS.
• Operates all sterilizer cycles in department – vacuum, gravity, Sterrad 100S, Sterrad NS, Starrad NX.
• Operates and maintain equipment according to recommended manufactures instructions and health center policies and procedures.
• Participates in the evaluation of the patient care delivery system.
• Places work order requests (i.e. maintenance, housekeeping, etc)
• Retrieves preference sheets from surgical services computer system per specifics. (i.e. patient specific, physician specific, etc)
• Takes call as scheduled.
• Utilizes surgeon preference card and case cart pick list to competently prepare for operative procedures, when pulling inventory to build case carts.

Requirements

• High School (Required)
• Compensation Estimated Compensation Range $18.68 - $28.95 Pay based on experience

Why Join Us

• When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life.
• Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us!
• We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area.
• Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs.
• We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers.
• We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.