Sterile Processing Technician Complex Care

Saint Luke's Health System; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Luke's Health System is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician for their Kansas City location. The role involves decontaminating instruments for surgeries, maintaining documentation, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. This position offers growth opportunities within a supportive healthcare team.

Benefits

Growth Opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Less than 1 year of applicable experience.
• Experience in Sterile Processing.
• Certifications like IAHCSMM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Processing, cleaning, and documenting instrument preparation for surgeries.
• Working with sterilization equipment and maintaining sterilized equipment integrity.
• Supporting multiple surgical service lines.

Skills

Attention to detail

Decontamination skills

Sterilization techniques

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Job Description

Saint Luke’s is seeking a

• Day Shift Hours: Friday-Sunday (7a-7p)
• Processing instruments that are used in procedures in the operating room
• Cleaning soiled instruments (decontamination)
• Documentation of processes
• High attention to detail
  
  

Job Description

Saint Luke’s is seeking a Full-Time Sterile Processing Tech – Complex Care (Day Shift) OR department at Saint Luke's Hospital (4401 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO)

Position Details

• Day Shift Hours: Friday-Sunday (7a-7p)
• Processing instruments that are used in procedures in the operating room
• Cleaning soiled instruments (decontamination)
• sterilizing instruments, storing sterile instruments
• Documentation of processes
• High attention to detail
  
  

Experience

• Sterile Processing Tech experience
  
  

If you have experience in one of the below areas, you could be a great fit:

• SPD, SPT
• Sterile Processing and Surgical Tech Student or Program
• Medical Equipment Preparer
• Central Service Tech
• Distribution Tech
• Medical Instrument Tech
• Sterilization, autoclave
  
  

Why Join Us?

Work with a highly skilled, compassionate, supportive, and caring team

Growth Opportunities to learn new skills and advance (cross-train)

Next Steps

If selected to move forward with Interview Process, a Talent Advisor will contact you via email for a screen

The Sterile Processing Technician Complex Care supports the trauma, transplant, neuro surgery and cardiovascular surgery service lines to decontaminate, disinfect, clean, sterilize, and/or appropriately package supplies, instruments, and equipment according to manufacturer's and regulatory guidelines as well as maintains proper documentation of such. Additionally, the Sterile Processing Technician will regularly perform testing in order to ensure proper functionality of equipment utilized in daily processing duties. IAHCSMM certification preferred but not required. The Sterile Processing Technician Complex Care supports the trauma, transplant, neuro surgery and cardiovascular surgery service lines.

• Pre-cleaning of soiled instruments at the point of care
• Donning/Doffing of PPE
• Soaking of instruments in enzymatic detergent
• Scrubbing of all instrument surfaces
• Utilizing standard washers and ultrasonic washers according to manufacturer recommendations
• Completing of final rinse using appropriate solutions
• Inspecting instruments for proper maintenance
• Packaging of items for sterilization and autoclaving
• Ensuring required biological tests are completed and logged with appropriate follow up when failure occurs
• Testing of autoclave/sterilizer and/or other equipment to ensure proper functionality
• Operating autoclave/sterilizer equipment per guidelines including removing from service when appropriate
• Maintaining storage areas for sterilized items while protecting package integrity per regulatory guidelines
• Transporting of instruments in appropriate manner based on clean/dirty status
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Job Details

Full Time

Day (United States of America)

The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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