Sterile Processing Technician — Growth & Certification Path

LE01 Phelps County Regional Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Phelps Health seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to oversee sterilization and preparation of surgical instruments. You will handle decontamination, assembly, labeling, and documentation of sterilizer loads in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Responsibilities include ensuring proper PPE use, instrument inspection, and adherence to manufacturer specifications while maintaining accurate inventory and quality control across departments.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in sterile processing preferred.
• Certification to be obtained within 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates principles of decontamination/sterilization.
• Correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• 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/malfunctioning instrumentation and removes them from service.
• Correctly identifies department instrumentation (e.g., Surgery, obstetrics, emergency services).
• Maintains daily inventory of equipment and supplies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Manual dexterity

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Job description

Phelps Health seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to oversee sterilization and preparation of surgical instruments. You will handle decontamination, assembly, labeling, and documentation of sterilizer loads in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Responsibilities include ensuring proper PPE use, instrument inspection, and adherence to manufacturer specifications while maintaining accurate inventory and quality control across departments.