Sterile Processing Technician I PHX Trauma

Banner Health; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, AZ is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to join the OR support team. You will prepare sterile instruments, decontaminate, disassemble/reassemble, and help ensure readiness for procedures.

Role requires familiarity with sterilization processes, instrument tracking, quality assurance, and effective communication with OR staff. Evening shift, full-time, with on-call and weekend rotation at BTMC.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent.
• Minimum one year experience as Sterile Processing Technician or CSPDT/CRCST with less than one year experience.
• Ability to break down, clean, lubricate and reassemble moving parts; strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide decontamination and sterile processing support to PeriOp Services, ED, ICU, and hospital departments; on/off campus.
• Decontaminate, assemble, and package surgical instruments; maintain QA logs and records.
• Interpret the surgical schedule and medical terminology; communicate special needs to minimize delays.
• Track ownership and inventory of instruments; report replacements to maintain readiness.
• Operate sterilizers, washers, and related equipment following policy; ensure proper sterilization.
• Perform QA testing on equipment (endoscopes, probes) and maintain documentation.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment with proper PPE and infection control practices.
• Rotate shifts as needed and maintain attendance and professionalism.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Communication

Organizational skills

Human relations skills

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

Instrument tracking system

Job description

Primary City/State: Glendale, Arizona

Department Name: Sterile Processing Dept-Hosp

Work Shift: Evening

Job Category: Clinical Support

Great careers start with great training. The people of Banner Health are focused on delivering excellent care to our patients. In return, we are committed to excellence in personal development for all our team members.

We are honored to have earned Great Place To Work® Certification™ for a third year in a row. This recognition reflects the dedication, expertise and compassion of our team members, who make Banner Health a great place to work.

As a Sterile Processing Technician at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center's Level 1 trauma hospital, you will be part of the SPD team that supports patient care and allows you to continue to grow within the Banner family! You will have a direct impact on the department and our patients. You will provide services in decontamination and sterile processing areas, as well as collaborate with OR staff to provide sterile instruments and equipment needed for operative procedures.

SHIFT DETAILS

Employment Type: Full time

Hours per Week: 40HRS

Shift: Evening

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 2:30pm - 11:00pm

Weekend rotation: yes

On Call: yes

Banner Health’s premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children’s Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience. Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position performs as an integral part of the OR team with limited supervision. Demonstrates accountability for operating room readiness ensuring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies are complete and ready for a procedure prior to the preceding patient leaving the operating room. Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instrumentation including the cleaning, decontamination, disassemble/reassembly, quality assurance, instrument identification, set assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instrumentation for PeriOp Services, hospital departments, and clinics. This position requires well manner communications and the ability to communicate effectively through reading, writing, and speaking in person.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Provides decontamination and sterile processing support to PeriOp Services, ED, ICU, hospital wide departments, and clinics both on and off campus, and ambulatory surgery centers. Provides various levels of service for the management of sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable patient care supplies. Support may-or-may-not include, decontamination of surgical instruments, assembly/sterilization, sterile instrument storage, partial or complete case cart support, OR core tech support and high-level disinfection.

2. Responsible for the decontamination, assembly, and packaging of surgical instruments following established protocols, instructions for use (IFU) as well as performs required quality assurance, repairs, reassembly, documentation, sterility handling, and storage of specialized surgical instruments. Maintains required sterilization logs and quality assurance records relating to all equipment associated for the purpose of decontamination, HLD disinfection, and sterilization.

3. Ability to identify interpret the surgical schedule and medical terminology as it pertains to procedures requiring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies. Able to address and communicate special needs to minimize delays to surgery. Responds to emergent calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigations. Determines priority level of instrumentation requests and other hospital needs. Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner

4. Able to differentiate surgical instrumentation that is surgery owned, consignment/loaner, hospital depart, surgeon, ambulatory surgery center, and clinics both on and off campus. Completes necessary tracking of surgical instruments with a paper log sheet or computer process for instrumentation leaving the area. Reports needed replacement of surgical instruments to maintain the inventory and support readiness of sets.

5. Utilizes specialized equipment for the decontamination, high-level disinfection, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation according to the device and equipment manufacturer’s recommendations and hospital policy. Operates steam and hydrogen peroxide sterilizers of various sizes. Operates automated surgical instrument washers, ultrasonics, flush pumps, visualization devices, and cart washers to include high-level disinfectors where supported.

6. Operates various quality assurance testing equipment associated to flexible endoscopic scopes, transesophageal ultrasound probes, and electro-surgical insulation defect detector for laparoscopic and energy provided surgical instrumentation. Utilizes heat detection devices to allow steam sterilized surgical instrumentation to be released for use without risking burns to staff and patients. Operates demagnetizers of stainless-steel instruments for ophthalmic and delicate cardiac surgical instrumentation for safe use on patients. Utilizes various borescope devices to inspect inner channels of lumened surgical instrumentation and flexible scopes.

7. Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices. Staff follow protocols for proper donning of personnel protective equipment (PPE) while completing the decontamination process referencing IFU’s supplied by the manufacturers.

8. Maintain flexibility to rotate shifts and adjust hours as needed, maintain a work record of regular attendance, timely arrivals, and departures, maintain professional appearance appropriate to position and function.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.

Minimum one (1) year experience as a Sterile Processing Technician OR certified as an SPD Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) with less than one year of experience.

Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble, problem solve incomplete trays and missing instrumentation and have effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Instrument management tracking system.

Complete national certification as an SPD Technician (CSPDT) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) within one year of hire.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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