Surgical Instrument Technician — Sterilization & OR Support

Mercycare; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking an Instrument Technician to support Central Sterile, the Operating Room, clinics, and procedural areas as a technical resource for surgical instrumentation and reusable medical device processing.

The role requires two years of sterile processing experience, CRCST certification, and the ability to read IFUs, maintain instrument sets, and collaborate across departments to ensure safety and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years Central Sterile/Sterile Processing experience required.
• Experience with instrument coordination, quality monitoring, and education preferred.
• Knowledge of IFUs and regulatory standards is essential.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a technical resource for surgical instrumentation and reusable medical device processing, including cleaning, inspection, assembly, sterilization, high-level disinfection, storage, and handling.
• Assists with instrument set maintenance, count sheets, missing or damaged instrumentation, new products, loaner instrumentation, vendor coordination, and purchasing evaluations.
• Performs quality and compliance monitoring of sterilization and high-level disinfection processes, including audits and documentation review.
• Provides education and technical guidance to Central Sterile and clinical staff related to instrumentation, IFUs, sterilization, and reprocessing.
• Collaborates with Central Sterile, OR, clinical departments, vendors, Infection Prevention, and leadership for standardization and process improvement.
• Demonstrates leadership, communication, and prioritization; serves as resource for the department.
• Follows Mercy safety guidelines and reports unsafe conditions or injuries.

Skills

Surgical instrumentation

Sterilization

High-level disinfection

Reusable medical devices

IFUs

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

CRCST certification

Certified Instrument Specialist Certification

Education sufficient to obtain required certification

Job description

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking an Instrument Technician to support Central Sterile, the Operating Room, clinics, and procedural areas as a technical resource for surgical instrumentation and reusable medical device processing.

The role requires two years of sterile processing experience, CRCST certification, and the ability to read IFUs, maintain instrument sets, and collaborate across departments to ensure safety and regulatory readiness.