Sterile Processing Technician

Sterile Processing Technician

Dignity Health – Chandler, Arizona

Decontaminates surgical instruments and other medical equipment, assembles, prepares and packages instrument sets, and processes them using various methods of high/low temperature sterilization and disinfection.

Maintains quality control and biological monitoring systems for sterilization processes, utilizes computer and instrument tracking systems, and prepares and distributes case carts and sterile supplies.

• Prepares and delivers case carts and sterile supplies.
• Decontaminates surgical instruments and equipment.
• Wraps instrument sets for various sterilization methods.
• Answers telephone, fills instrument orders and manages supplies.
• Uses computer for department-specific supply picklists, goods/issue/returns, and instrument tracking.
• Maintains quality control records for all sterilizers.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Preference for completion of a surgical instrument technician program or 2 years of surgical instrument experience.
• No licensing specified.

Benefit-eligible full‑time employees may receive up to $18,000 over five years to help with debt relief and student loan assistance.

$18.60 – $23.71 /hour

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care