Sterilization Technician

All Care Health Center; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Student loan forgiveness

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid Time off and Personal days

10 paid holidays (including birthday)

Employer paid Life Insurance

Long Term Disability

401(k) match up to 4%

Job summary

All Care Health Center in Council Bluffs, IA seeks a Sterilization Technician to oversee sterilization and infection control across the dental clinic.

This full-time position emphasizes mentoring trainees, maintaining equipment, ensuring safety, and regulatory compliance while supporting daily clinic operations.

Join a team committed to affordable, high-quality care and devoted to learning, safety, and patient well-being.

Qualifications

• Previous training and experience in sterilization preferred.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and train trainee Dental Assistants.
• Oversee sterilization and infection control practices in the clinic.
• Coordinate daily sterilization operations.
• Oversee instrument cleaning, packaging, sterilization, and storage.
• Ensure compliance with infection control regulations and IFU’s.
• Monitor sterilization cycles, logs, and weekly spore testing.
• Verify proper function of autoclaves daily.
• Ensure safe transport of contaminated instruments to the sterile center.
• Promote safe sterilization practices to minimize injuries.
• Maintain inventory of sterilization supplies and PPE.
• Monitor equipment maintenance and repairs related to sterilization.
• Assist with quality assurance, compliance, and inspections.

Skills

Sterilization procedures

Job description

All Care Health Center’s mission is to provide affordable, comprehensive, high-quality health care to the entire community. We will strengthen access to quality-integrated healthcare, by removing barriers for those with the greatest need, and developing community relationships, to enhance the future of our community’s well-being.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Eligibility for student loan forgiveness;
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance;
• Generous time off including:
  • Paid Time off (PTO) and Personal days
  • 10 paid holidays, including your birthday!
• Employer paid Life Insurance and Long Term Disability;
• 401(k) match up to 4%, and more!

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Sterilization Technician is responsible for overseeing sterilization and infection control processes to ensure compliance and support dental clinic operations.

SCHEDULE AND PAY

This is a full-time (40-hour) position.

Hours: Monday - Friday 7:45 AM - 5 PM.

Pay Range: $18-24/hour based on experience and education level.

DUTIES

• Responsible for mentoring and training trainee Dental Assistants.
  • Meets with supervisor to give updates on status of trainees on a weekly basis.
  • Ensures trainees dental assistant sterilization competencies required by the Dental Department are completed within training timelines set by supervisor.
  • Displays positive mentorship to trainee dental assistants.
  • Provides strict guidance to safety and infection control practices.
• Assists with overseeing the clinics sterilization and infection control practices.
  • Coordinates daily sterilization operations.
  • Oversees instrument cleaning, packaging, sterilization and storage.
  • Ensures compliance with infection control regulations and manufacturer IFU’s.
  • Monitor’s sterilization cycles, logs, and biological spore testing on a weekly basis.
  • Verifies proper function of autoclaves and sterilization equipment on a daily basis.
  • Ensures safe transport of contaminated instruments utilizing plastic bins with lids and utility gloves throughout the process of transport into sterile center and all the way through dirty-side of sterilization process until items are placed into autoclave.
  • Ensures trainees and team members are utilizing safe sterilization and infection control practices to minimize employee work-place injuries related to sterilization
• Oversees the clinics inventory and equipment.
  • Maintains inventory of sterilization supplies, PPE, and packaging materials.
  • Monitors equipment maintenance and repairs as it pertains to sterilization.
  • Inspect instruments for cleanliness, function, and damage.
• Assists with Quality Assurance and Compliance maintenance.
  • Maintains organized and compliant treatment, sterilization, and storage areas.
  • Maintains required logs, records, and documentation as pertains to sterilization.
  • Assists with regulatory inspections and survey preparation.
  • Servies as the lead contact during audit, inspections, and site visits.
  • Participates in quality improvement and infection control initiatives.
  • Assists with policy and procedure development as it pertains to sterilization.
  • Reports compliance, equipment and process concerns to supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous training and experience in sterilization preferred.

At All Care Health Center, we are committed to providing an environment of equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under applicable law.

This employer participates in E-Verify, a federal program that confirms employment eligibility for all new hires. Upon accepting a job offer, you will be required to complete a Form I-9 to verify your identity and employment authorization to work in the United States.

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