Sterile Processing Technician I - 3:00PM - 11:30PM - Full Time - Traverse City, MI

Munson Healthcare Careers; Traverse City (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Munson Healthcare Careers is seeking a hands-on Sterile Processing Technician to support central processing services in a fast-paced hospital environment. The role focuses on cleaning, assembling, sterilizing, and distributing instruments for the operating rooms and patient care areas.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, organized, and able to work with surgical teams to ensure instrument readiness while pursuing ongoing education and growth within the CPD.

Qualifications

• High school graduate required.

Responsibilities

• Retrieving and processing used instruments.
• Sterilizing instruments with various chemicals to prepare for future use.
• Maintain adequate instrument inventory.

Education

High school graduate

Job description

Company Description

More Than Just Care,It’sCommunity

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where peoplevacation.That’slife at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and alifestylemost people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just beMunson Material.To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence,teamness, positivity, creativity,and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and onlinedevelopment,and access to ourcareer hubto help you advance.

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and freeindividualretirement counseling.

• Be Well: Freewellness platform for you and your family,pluspersonalizedsupport for personal or family challenges.

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

THIS IS A HANDS-ON POSITION
OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH (BECOME A TECH II, III)

Do you want to be a part of a highly diverse team?
We are seeking go-getters who strive to implement new initiatives to meet demands. In our fast-paced environment, we aspire to provide safe patient care at the highest quality.

Central Processing Technicians have the opportunity to evolve an ever-changing department to provide services for the operating room, hospital floors and outside departments.

What is a Central Processing Technician?
CPT's play a vital role in assisting with prevention of infection by cleaning, sterilizing, processing, assembling, storing and distributing medical instruments. A great deal of precision is necessary to carry out this job effectively. If you are patient, detail-oriented, can take direction and prefer hands-on work, this is your opportunity to apply.

The Benefits of Working at Munson:

• On-the-job training
• Competitive salaries
• Full benefits, paid holidays, and paid time off (up to 19 days your first year)
• Tuition reimbursement and ongoing educational opportunities
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and personal consulting
• Wellness plans, an employee assistance program and employee discounts

*Terms and conditions apply

Qualifications

• High school graduate

Additional Information

What are the duties and responsibilities of a Sterile Processing Technician?

A Sterile Processing Technician will have many duties throughout the day, such as retrieving and processing used instruments, processing instruments with various chemicals to sterilize the instruments for future use and ensuring the organization has an adequate inventory of instruments as needed.

What makes a good Sterile Processing Technician?

A good Sterile Processing Technician must have excellent organizational skills since they are required to oversee the sterilization of instruments across different departments. They must also have good communication skills to provide updates to Surgeons and other medical professionals throughout the day.

Who does a Sterile Processing Technician work with?

A Sterile Processing Technician typically works alone when they sterilize instruments in the Central Processing Department (CPD), but they may work with Surgical Technicians to ensure instruments are set properly in operating rooms upcoming operations.

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.