Sterile Processing Trainee: Start Your Tech Career

UNC Health Care; Patton Park (NC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Pardee UNC Health Care in North Carolina is offering a trainee position in the Sterile Processing department. This role supports the Central Sterile Tech track by providing hands-on training aligned with your Sterile Processing/Surgical Technologist program.

You will learn instrument inspection, decontamination, cleaning, and case cart processing, with education on transport, supply restocking, and infection control.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
• Current enrollment in a Community College Sterile Processing program or 6 months' work experience in a healthcare setting. Prefer facility-based training.

Responsibilities

• Receive education on instrument inspection, cleanliness, and assembly.
• Learn instrument tracking and preparation for sterilization of case carts.
• Learn decontamination, disinfection, and cleaning of instrumentation.
• Transport and manage soiled case carts to appropriate areas.
• Assist with supply restocking and OR presoak decontamination as assigned.
• Report instrument malfunctions and coordinate repairs.
• Adhere to infection control norms and PPE

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Pardee UNC Health Care in North Carolina is offering a trainee position in the Sterile Processing department. This role supports the Central Sterile Tech track by providing hands-on training aligned with your Sterile Processing/Surgical Technologist program.

You will learn instrument inspection, decontamination, cleaning, and case cart processing, with education on transport, supply restocking, and infection control.