Sterile Processing Tech I

Engage with us for your next career opportunity. Right Here. Job Type: Regular Scheduled Hours: 40 💙 Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do. 🌟 Benefits That Support You We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy: - Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days. - Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules - Retirement savings with employer match - Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities - Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs - Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility Job Summary: This position is responsible for ensuring that all surgical and procedural supplies, instruments, and equipment are properly inventoried, decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, stored, and distributed in a quality and timely manner in compliance with patient safety and infection control standards.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

OPERATIONS Decontamination: Collects soiled case carts from end users, breaking down instruments and equipment, and ensuring cart is clean, disinfected, and properly functioning for next case. Identifies and utilizes appropriate methods and solutions to sort, disassemble, decontaminate, rinse and disinfect instruments and clinical equipment. Utilizes manual cleaning and/or appropriate cleaning equipment as designated by the manufacturer. Handles each item with care to ensure proper cleaning and disinfection without damage to delicate, costly instruments. Operate and troubleshoots cleaning equipment including instrument washers, case cart washers, ultrasonic washers, and aqua box system.

Instrument preparation: Recognizes over 2000 instruments and 500 trays, including the name and use of each instrument and proper assembly to ensure functionality at the point of use. In Endoscopy, identifies gastroscopes and pulmonary scopes. Utilizes specialty video or scanning system to check for damaged laparoscopic lenses, cords, or insulation. Consistently follows trays lists to guarantee proper assembly of all instrument trays. Demonstrates ability to use One Source and tray controller systems. Inspects instruments for cleanliness and function prior to packaging. Prepares instruments in container systems, wrapped packages, and/or peel packages as appropriate.

Includes monitoring devices in each container…

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