Sterile Processing Technician Certified

Mclaren-Health-Care; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time schedule

On-call work

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, MI, seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, sterilize, assemble, and distribute surgical instruments and equipment. You will follow safety standards, monitor wash solutions, and maintain inventory across sterile processing and operating areas.

The role requires a high school diploma and CBSPD or HSPA certification, with an evening shift 3:00pm-11:30pm and on-call duties.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course and certification by CBSPD or HSPA.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates, cleans, sterilizes, and assembles instrumentation and trays.
• Monitors wash solutions and maintains quality in decontamination.
• Restocks, inventories, and distributes instruments and equipment.
• Maintains environmental cleanliness and assists in inventory control and policy adherence.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

CBSPD or HSPA Sterile Processing Certification

Tools

Sterile processing equipment

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
• Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course and certification as a sterile processing technician by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA).

QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED

• Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004791
• Daily Work Times: 3:00pm-11:30pm
• On Call: Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.