Sterile Processing Technician/Uncertified

Southern Illinois Healthcare; Carbondale (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Illinois Healthcare in Carbondale, IL seeks a Sterile Processing Technician to perform decontamination, preparation and sterilization of surgical instruments, trays, and items used across medical facilities.

Responsibilities include monitoring wash solutions for quality, sorting mismatched sets, restocking labels, maintaining inventory, and ensuring a clean, safe work environment while supporting infection control standards. Training will be provided for new staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.

Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies: and assembles wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• 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 makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks labels and maintains inventory: submits requisitions: collects and distributes instruments.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Assists with maintaining quality improvement, safety, and environmental, and infection control standards.
• Assist with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, and objectives.
• Training of new staff, (exempt from preceptor pay).

Education

High School Diploma or GED certificate

Job description

Position Summary

• Responsible for decontamination, preparation, sterilization work in the Sterile Processing Department for a variety of surgical instruments, hospital trays and individual items used at medical facilities.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED certificate.

Licenses and Certification

• N/A

Experience and Skills

• N/A

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies: and assembles wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• 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 makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks labels and maintains inventory: submits requisitions: collects and distributes instruments.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Assists with maintaining quality improvement, safety, and environmental, and infection control standards.
• Assist with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, and objectives.
• Training of new staff, (exempt from preceptor pay).

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):

$17.92 To $26.88