Sterile Processing Technician I (rotating shifts)

Augusta Health; Fishersville, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Augusta Health in Fishersville, VA is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to maintain infection control standards and oversee decontamination and re-processing of surgical instruments across the hospital. The role supports timely inventory, sterilization, storage, and distribution of equipment.

Rotating shifts with day, evening, and night options are available. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or equivalent, basic computer skills, and experience in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Specialty certification desired (HSPA), can be obtained on the job.
• Experience in hospital/clinical setting preferred.
• Basic computer proficiency required.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Maintain infection control standards related to decontamination and re-processing of equipment and instruments used in patient care.
• Ensure surgical supplies, instruments, and equipment are inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, and distributed in a timely manner throughout the hospital.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Computer proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Category: Nursing

Requisition Number: STERI013729

• Posted : September 14, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

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Fishersville, VA 22939, USA

• Pay or shift range: $18.12 USD to $27.73 USD
  The pay range reflects the current compensation range for this position at the time of posting. Individual offers are determined based on directly related experience, skills, education, internal equity, and other job-related factors. Not all candidates will qualify for the upper end of the posted range.

Description

The Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for maintaining infection control standards as related to the decontamination and re-processing of equipment and instruments used in patient care throughout the organization. This role ensures that all surgical supplies, instruments, and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, and distributed in a timely manner throughout the hospital.

The ideal candidate must be able to work well with a team and independently with little supervision. This position will work rotating shifts. Candidate will need to be available to work Days, Evenings, and Nights. (Shift differentials paid on applicable shifts)

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Specialty certification desired (HSPA), can be obtained on the job
• Experience in hospital/clinicalsetting preferred
• Basic computer proficiency required
• Strong attention to detail

Company Information

Augusta Health is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit, community health system located in Fishersville Virginia in Virginia’s scenic Shenandoah Valley. Augusta Health offers a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient which includes Augusta Medical Center a 255 bed inpatient facility and Augusta Medical Group which is comprised of 40 practice locations and four urgent care locations.

Augusta Health recruits, hires and promotes qualified candidates for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran or military discharge status, and family medical or genetic information.

Required

High School or better.

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