Sterile Processing Tech 1

Job Description

What You'll Be Doing - As a Central Processing Technician, you'll be responsible for keeping our operating rooms and hospital floors running smoothly!

• Master the Art of Clean - Get hands-on with cleaning and sterilizing medical instruments—think of yourself as a precision artist ensuring every tool is spotless and ready for action
• Process Like a Pro - Handle the assembly, processing, and distribution of medical instruments with the attention to detail that would make a surgeon proud
• Infection Prevention Champion - Play a crucial role in keeping patients safe by maintaining the highest sterilization standards—you're literally a guardian of patient safety!
• Storage Strategist - Organize and store instruments so efficiently that finding what you need is a breeze
• Team Player Extraordinaire - Collaborate with operating room staff, hospital floors, and outside departments to keep everyone equipped and ready to go
• Quality Control Guru - Catch any issues before they become problems—your eagle eye for detail keeps our standards sky-high
• Adapt and Thrive - Embrace our fast-paced, ever-changing environment and help us implement new initiatives that keep our department evolving

If you're patient, detail-oriented, love hands-on work, and can take direction like a champ, this is your chance to shine!

Unlock Your Potential: Advance Your Career to Tech II or III

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED

Additional Information

What are the duties and responsibilities of a Sterile Processing Technician?

A Sterile Processing Technician will have many duties throughout the day, such as retrieving and processing used instruments, processing instruments with various chemicals to sterilize the instruments for future use and ensuring the organization has an adequate inventory of instruments as needed.

What makes a good Sterile Processing Technician?

A good Sterile Processing Technician must have excellent organizational skills since they are required to oversee the sterilization of instruments across different departments. They must also have good communication skills to provide updates to Surgeons and other medical professionals throughout the day.

Who does a Sterile Processing Technician work with?

A Sterile Processing Technician typically works alone when they sterilize instruments in the Central Processing Department (CPD), but they may work with Surgical Technicians to ensure instruments are set properly in operating rooms upcoming operations.

The Benefits of Working at Munson:

• On-the-job training
• Competitive salaries
• Full benefits, paid holidays, and paid time off (up to 19 days your first year)
• Tuition reimbursement and ongoing educational opportunities
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and personal consulting
• Wellness plans, an employee assistance program and employee discounts

*Terms and conditions apply

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.