Sterile Processing Tech

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Department:Sterile Processing
Location:Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
Job Type:Full-Time
Shift:3rd Shift
Hours:10:00 PM
-6:30am , Monday-Friday
Schedule:10:00 PM
-6:30am, Monday-Friday
Weekend Requirement:Rotating weekends required
Holiday Requirement:Rotating holidays required
Sign-On Bonus:$2,000 for external candidates with at least one year of sterile processing department (SPD) experience

Baystate Health is seeking a
Sterile Processing Technician
to join the Sterile Processing Department at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Sterile Processing Technician plays a critical role in patient safety by ensuring surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies are properly decontaminated, inspected, assembled, packaged, sterilized, and prepared for use.

Working in a fast-paced environment, the Sterile Processing Technician applies infection prevention and safety practices while following manufacturer instructions, hospital protocols, and established sterile processing standards. The team works closely with operating room staff, nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to ensure surgical services have the instruments, trays, and case carts they need to provide safe and timely patient care.

This role offers the opportunity to develop expertise across decontamination, preparation and packaging, and sterilization while building knowledge of surgical instrumentation, sterilization processes, and instrument tracking technology. Technicians at the Level II level also have opportunities to mentor colleagues, support education, take on charge responsibilities, and participate in quality improvement initiatives that contribute directly to patient safety.

Decontaminate, clean, inspect, test, assemble, package, wrap, and sterilize reusable surgical instruments, trays, basins, supplies, and medical devices according to manufacturer instructions and hospital protocols.

Operate and maintain decontamination equipment, automated washers, ultrasonic washers, steam sterilizers, and low-temperature gas plasma sterilizers while identifying and reporting equipment malfunctions.

Perform required quality testing, including TOSI testing on automatic washers and Sono Check testing on ultrasonic washers, as well as biological and chemical monitoring of sterilization processes.

Accurately document sterilization parameters, test results, processing records, and other required information to support quality and regulatory compliance.

Prepare surgical case carts and pick supplies and instrumentation using preference cards, inventory procedures, and first-in-first-out stock rotation to support upcoming surgical cases and add-on procedures.

Use the instrument tracking system to scan and accurately route kits, loaners, peel packs, and other processed items while maintaining package integrity and appropriate storage practices.

Coordinate the timely turnover of instrumentation for add-on cases and contamination events and communicate with operating room staff to troubleshoot immediate instrumentation needs.

Maintain a clean, organized work area and ensure sterile goods are inspected for package integrity, damage, and expiration before storage and distribution.

Apply infection control principles, medical terminology, hospital policies, and applicable sterile…