Sterile Processing Technician II — OR Instrument Readiness

Kaiser Permanente; Woodland (CA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente Woodland is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, assemble, and sterilize OR sets and distribute supplies. This role performs equipment rounds, validates PM status, and ensures sterile packaging integrity while maintaining high standards of infection control.

Applicants should have two years of recent Sterile Processing experience in an acute hospital and complete a sterile processing program or Surgical Technician training.

Qualifications

• Experience in Sterile Processing in an acute hospital.
• Familiarity with decontamination, assembly and sterilization.
• Knowledge of sterilization methods and quality controls.

Responsibilities

• Fill orders from requesting departments.
• Make equipment rounds and return soiled equipment to SPD; clean equipment per manufacturers recommendations and validate functionality prior to storage; validate PM status on equipment issued from and returned to SPD per department policy.
• Answer phones.
• Inventory and restock supplies, and specialty carts (isolation, latex, crash carts) per department policy.
• Order specialty beds and other patient equipment per medical center practice.
• Disassembles, cleans or decontaminates surgical instruments per manufacturers recommendations including ultrasonic cleaning.
• Assembles, inspects, tests, wraps and dates all OR sets including specialty sets per department protocol including manufacturers recommendations.
• Operate all equipment in Sterile Processing Department including steam sterilizers, plasma sterilizers, automated endoscope reprocessors, biological incubators, heat sealers, instrument and cart washers.
• Use of instrument and equipment tracking system in all areas of Sterile Processing Department including documentation of tests and sterilizer records.
• Examines and maintains integrity of sterile packages.
• Prepare OR case carts according to preference cards on all surgical procedures.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal and external customers.
• Able to work in a collaborative environment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned within the scope of training and service.

Skills

Sterile Processing

Equipment operation

Multitasking

Customer service

Basic computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Sterile Processing Program completion (400 hours) or Surgical Technician program

Tools

Steam sterilizers

Plasma sterilizers

Automated endoscope reprocessors

Instrument washers

Job description

Kaiser Permanente Woodland is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, assemble, and sterilize OR sets and distribute supplies. This role performs equipment rounds, validates PM status, and ensures sterile packaging integrity while maintaining high standards of infection control.

Applicants should have two years of recent Sterile Processing experience in an acute hospital and complete a sterile processing program or Surgical Technician training.