Sterile Processing Technician Non Certified

mclarenhlth; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The McLaren Health Care Bay City facility is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to perform decontamination, cleaning, assembly, packaging and sterilization of surgical instruments and equipment.

You will monitor wash solutions, assemble trays, maintain inventory, and ensure adherence to safety, infection control, and quality standards in a fast-paced sterile processing department.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of approved sterile processing course.
• Certification required within one year from hire as CBSPD certified.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments and equipment; assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays.
• Monitors wash solutions for quality and consistency in decontamination.
• Sorts mismatched instrument sets and prepares them for sterilization processing customers.
• Restocks, labels, inventories, and distributes instruments, trays and crash carts.

Skills

Sterile processing

Aseptic technique

Inventory management

Record-keeping

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certified sterile processing course

CBSPD certification within 1 year

Job description

Position Summary

Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembly, packing, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instruments and equipment.

Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities

1. Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
2. Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
3. Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterilization processing customers in a timely manner.
4. Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facilitates medical equipment.

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

6. Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repairs or replacement, and removes defective equipment.

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.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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.