Sterile Processing Technician Non Certified

McLaren Health Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Bay City, MI, is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to decontaminate, sterilize, and distribute reusable surgical instruments and equipment. The role requires certification within one year by CBSPD and completion of an approved sterile processing course.

Full-time position with daily shifts 9am–9:30pm, on-call and weekends. Prior sterile processing experience is preferred. Join a team dedicated to maintaining sterile standards and patient safety.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course is required.
• Certification within 1 year from hire by CBSPD is required.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminate and sterilize instruments, medical supplies and equipment.
• Monitor wash solutions to ensure quality for decontamination and sterilization.
• Sort mismatched instrument sets and provide to sterile processing customers promptly.
• Re-stock, label, and maintain inventory; submit requisitions and distribute instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Perform environmental maintenance and assist in inventory in sterile processing, operating room, and equipment storage areas.
• Verify equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removal of defective equipment.
• Assist with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety and infection control standards.
• Perform other related duties as required and directed.

Skills

Sterile service operations

Aseptic technique

Inventory management

Quality assurance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Sterile processing course completion

Job description

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.
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
• 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.
• Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
• 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.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrates expertise in sterile service operations; including the ability to operate all processing equipment, perform required sterilization verification tests and maintain accurate records.
• 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
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call: Yes
• Weekends: Yes