Sterile Technician III

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$2,000 - $7,500 New Hire
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Available! (Level determined by experience)

$7,500 New Hire Sign-On Bonus with previous CSPD work experience and CSPD certification.

Tech I 10 months experience as Sterile Processing Tech

Tech III 2 years of experience as a CSPD Tech with current certification

Tech IV 5 years of experience as a CSPD Tech with current certification

Overview

Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At Honor Health, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact. Honor Health offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives.

Visit  to learn more. Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together. Honor Health is one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more.

With nearly 17,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers and close to 2,000 volunteers dedicated to providing high quality care, Honor Health strives to go beyond the expectations of a traditional healthcare system to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. Learn more at

Responsibilities

Job Summary

Responsible for instrument/instrument trays/equipment decontamination, preparation and sterilization, tray and case cart assembly, documentation of all sterilization processes, and delivery of a wide variety of surgical instrumentation and patient care equipment to the Perioperative team. CSPD personnel ensure the highest quality standards are met in accordance with departmental procedures and established industry standards. Assumes responsibility and accountability for incorporating the vision, values, mission and critical goals of the organization into their job performance.

May serve as preceptor to staff.

Essential Functions

• Decontamination of instrumentation and medical equipment:
  Utilizes chemical agents and automated decontamination machinery to clean and decontaminate instrumentation and medical equipment.
• Assembles, Preps and Packs Instrumentation:
  Assembles, preps and packs instrumentation, inspects instruments for cleanliness, proper function, breakage, and intact , assembles trays using instrument tray lists, Locates and replaces missing instruments; identifies and labels missing instruments, Contains, wraps or pouches instruments and sets, Chooses appropriate wrapping materials for size, weight, and sterilization method.
• Sterilization:
  Sterilizes instruments following prescribed procedures and guidelines. Challenges the sterilization process using internal, external, and biological monitoring systems, Monitors, reads, documents, and interprets parameters for all types of sterilization processes to ensure proper function and validation of process, maintains appropriate load configurations; maintains flow of instruments through the sterilization process, prioritizes instrumentation needs using instrument needs list.
• Case Cart Assembly and Sterile Storage:
  Picks case carts according to resource map requisitions, documents case cart deficiencies on daily case cart needs list, fills case cart needs list prior to case cart utilization, Orders sterile supplies from logistics as needed to maintain inventory. Picks cases, stocks the sterile storage area, and returns sterile supplies to inventory, collaborates with perioperative sterile core personnel to determine priorities and maintain flow within sterile storage area.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED - Required

Experience

• 6 months of sterile processing experience and/or;
  Currently enrolled in a sterile processing training program and/or;
  Have completed 400 hours of a sterile processing program internship - Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

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