Sterile Processing Technician — Precision Instrument Care

Atlas Healthcare Partners; Queen Creek (AZ); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Healthcare Partners is seeking a SPD Technician for Banner Surgery Center – Ironwood in Queen Creek. You will decontaminate, assemble, package and sterilize instruments, ensuring accurate logs and adherence to infection-control standards.

Responsibilities include preparing replacements, maintaining a safe environment, and supporting OR priorities with timely instrument availability. Strong mechanical aptitude and certification are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and BLS certification required.
• Requires current national certification as a SPD Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician or Surgical Instrument Processor and relevant experience with sterilizing instruments which qualifies the candidate for the national certification exam or certified registration.
• Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble, problem solve incomplete trays and missing instrumentation and have effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates, assembles and packages all instruments following established protocols as well as perform necessary repairs, reassembles and stores specialized surgical instruments. Prepares all order requests as necessary for replacement parts for instruments and additional equipment as necessary or upon request of physicians.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices. Staff will don proper Personnel Protective equipment (PPE), follows protocols for decontamination process referencing Instructions for Use (IFU) supplied by the manufacturers.
• Identifies instruments for all specialties and assures proper function. Follows protocol for repair or replacement of instruments that are not functioning properly. Assembles and packages all instrumentation and sets according to dept. protocol. Utilizes equipment according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and hospital policy.
• Operates steam autoclaves, ETO and Gas Plasma sterilizers. Maintains appropriate logs and records relating to the sterilization process, including the Ethylene Oxide Aeration Records, Sterilizer Load Records, and Biological Monitoring Records.
• Responds to problem calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigation. Determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests and other hospital needs. Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

BLS certification

Tools

Sterilization equipment

Job description

Atlas Healthcare Partners is seeking a SPD Technician for Banner Surgery Center – Ironwood in Queen Creek. You will decontaminate, assemble, package and sterilize instruments, ensuring accurate logs and adherence to infection-control standards.

Responsibilities include preparing replacements, maintaining a safe environment, and supporting OR priorities with timely instrument availability. Strong mechanical aptitude and certification are required.