Sterile Processing Technician Non Certified

Selectminds; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to perform decontamination, sterilization, assembly, and distribution of surgical instruments and equipment in a full-time role. The technician will monitor cleaning solutions, ensure aseptic technique, and maintain accurate records while supporting environmental maintenance and inventory control.

Required: high school diploma, completion of sterile processing course, and CBSPD certification within one year of hire.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course.
• Certification required within one year from hire by CBSPD.

Responsibilities

• Contaminates, cleans, assembles, packages, scans, sterilizes, stores and distributes reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
• Monitors wash solutions to ensure quality for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Sorts mismatched instrument sets and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Re-stocks and maintains inventory; submits requisitions and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.

Skills

Sterile processing

Sterilization

Inventory management

Quality assurance

Education

High school diploma

CBSPD certification

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Position Summary: P e r f orms a nd p a rti c ipat e sin de c ontamination, cl e a nin g , a ssembli n g , p a c k a gin g , s ca n nin g , ste r ili z a tion, stor a g e a nddistribution ofr e us a ble s ur g i c a l instrument a tion a nd e quipm e nt.

Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• D e c ontaminat e s a nd st e r i li ze sinstrum e nts, m e dic a l suppli e s a nd e quipm e nt, and a ssembles, w r a ps a nd st e rili z e s tr a y s of instrum e n ts. F ollows p r op e r st a n d a rd pr e ca utions whilein decontamination and st e riliz a tion a r e a s.
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• R e stocks, lab e ls, and m a i ntainsinv e nto r y , submits r e quisitions, c oll ec ts anddistribut e s instrum e nts, tra y s, c r a sh ca rts, a nd f ac ili t y m e dical equipment.

5. Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.

6. V e ri f ies th a t equipment f un c tions prop e r l y , r e qui s itions for e quipm e nt m a int e n a n ce , r e p a ir orr e pl a ce ment, a n d r e moves d e f ec tive e quipm e nt.

7. Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.

8. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course.
• Certification required within one year from hire as certified by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).

Preferred:

• Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.
• Actively enrolled in approved sterile processing course with defined completion date.

1. Demonstrates expertise in sterile service operations; including the ability to operate all processing equipment, perform required sterilization verification tests and maintain accurate records.

2. Demonstrates understanding and practice of aseptic technique, decontamination, processing and sterilization techniques, inventory and distribution, infection control and quality assurance as it relates to sterile processing services.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010197
• Daily Work Times: 9am-9:30pm, VST 7am-11pm
• On Call: Yes

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.