Sterile Processing Technician Lead

aah; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician for a full-time night shift in Aurora, CO. The role involves cleaning, sterilizing, and preserving sterile instruments for the OR, with no weekends or holidays. Expect training, supervision, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

The ideal candidate has 3 years in sterile processing, HS diploma, and CRCST/CSPDT/CFER certifications. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are essential in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• CRCST/CSPDT/CFER certification preferred.
• Typically requires 3 years of sterile processing experience.
• Must have thorough knowledge of sterilization principles and asset management.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a resource, provide training and direction to staff.
• Assist with HR tasks like interviewing and orientation.
• Monitor department operations and assign daily work.
• Receive, decontaminate, and sterilize instruments per policy.
• Perform quality assurance testing for all sterilization methods.
• Handle high-cost instruments and implants with proper care.
• Operate carts, check trays, and coordinate case carts to OR.
• Respond quickly to sterilizer issues and ensure sterility.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Training/orienting

Education

High School Graduate

CRCST/CSPDT/CFER certification

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Decontamination tools

Job description

Department: 37719 Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center - Sterile Processing Services

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information: Full-time, night shift from 11:00PM - 730AM with no weekends or holidays

Pay Range: $22.90 - $34.35

Major Responsibilities:

• Acts as a resource to employees, which includes training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance. Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues.
• Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include: interviewing and selection of new employees, orientation, staff development, providing performance feedback, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale.
• Monitors general department operations, establishes work schedules, issues daily work assignments and responds to requests for service.
• Receives soiled and contaminated items in decontamination area. Sorts equipment, rinses as needed, places equipment through sonic tanks and washers, reassembles trays, performs safety checks, hangs and sorts instruments, wraps sets according to set policy, and wraps towels and basins appropriately.
• Sterilizes instruments and equipment using the aerator, gas sterilizer or steam sterilizer and operates glass dryer. Packages items in steri/peel as required. Performs quality assurance testing for all methods of sterilization to ensure sterility of supplies.
• Ensures proper care and handling of high cost instrumentation and equipment to include items requiring special handling, laser instrumentation, orthopedic implants, cardiac assist devices, endoscopic and microscopic instrumentation.
• Hand cleans miscellaneous instruments (Baxter pump, hypothermo units, etc.) and operates the cart cleaner.
• Checks incoming trays and follows up with departments as to missing instruments or parts.
• Receives or picks up case carts from central service, using physician's preference cards and delivers them to the operating room.
• Takes immediate and appropriate action if a question of sterilizer failure occurs.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

• Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) certification issued by the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA), or
• Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) certification issued by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. (CBSPD), or
• Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER) certification issued by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc (CBSPD).

Education Required:

• High School Graduate.

Experience Required:

• Typically requires 3 years of experience in sterile processing.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Must have thorough knowledge of sterilization principles and requirements, inventory and asset management, and quality assurance activities.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills necessary.
• Ability to function in a stressful and fast paced environment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Must stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist and reach above shoulders various times throughout the workday.
• Must be able to:
• lift up to 15 lbs. from floor to overhead.
• lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist.
• lift and carry up to 50 lbs. at waist height a reasonable distance.
• Must be able to:
• push/pull with 20 lbs. of force.
• push/pull objects weighing 200+ lbs. during the workday.
• Atmosphere in work environment may contain fumes and dust.
• Exposed to chemical hazards as well as blood and body fluids. Thus, protective clothing must be worn as necessary.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.