Sterile Processing Technician II NS

Banner Health Corporate; Sun City West (AZ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health in Sun City West, AZ seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to support sterile instrument processing for PeriOp Services. The role involves decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instruments with adherence to policies.

The ideal candidate has CRCST certification or at least 1 year SPD experience, strong mechanical aptitude, and excellent communication skills. Night shift, full-time, with 4 days per week schedule.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum one year SPD experience or CRCST/CSPDT certification.
• Must communicate effectively in English.
• Mechanical aptitude for handling instruments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare sterile instrumentation and sets for procedures.
• Decontaminate, assemble, and sterilize instruments per IFU and protocols.
• Maintain sterilization logs and QA records.
• Monitor sterilizers and report issues to OR team.
• Assist with instrument tracking and inventory management.

Skills

CRCST Certified

Sterile Processing

Effective Communication

Attention to Detail

Education

HS diploma

Tools

Sterilizers

Borescopes

Job description

Primary City/State: Sun City West, Arizona Department Name: Sterile Processing Dept-Hosp Work Shift: Night Job Category: Clinical Support

The future is full of possibilities. At Banner Health, we’re excited about what the future holds for health care. That’s why we’re changing the industry to make the experience the best it can be. Our team has come together with the common goal: Make health care easier, so life can be better. The future of health care starts here. If you’re ready to change lives, we want to hear from you. Being part of the SPD team puts you in an environment that supports patient care and allows you to continue to grow within the Banner family! As a Sterile Processing Technician, you will have a direct impact on the department and the opportunity to contribute to the growth of other techs. In this role, you will work independently to provide services in the decontamination and sterile processing areas whenever monitoring of sterilizers is needed. Our ideal candidate for this position is CRCST Certified with a minimum of 1 year of experience working within an SPD role.

SHIFT DETAILS Employment Type: Full-time, Night Shift Schedule: Friday - Monday, 4 days per week Shift: 7pm-5:30am Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center excels in providing extraordinary health care to residents of the northwest Valley of metro Phoenix and is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Phoenix's Best Hospitals. With 391 licensed beds, the hospital provides a wide range of services, including acute medical and surgical services as well as intensive care, emergency and urgent care, inpatient/outpatient surgery, cardiac catheterization, neurology, orthopedics, oncology, urology, pulmonary, obstetrics and gynecology, outpatient diagnostic services, and adult behavioral services.

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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