Certified Sterile Processing Technician - PRN
Dayforce, Peoria, AZ, United States
Position Summary
Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instruments, including cleaning, decontamination, instrument identification, assembly, packaging, distribution, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation.
Essential Functions
Decontaminates, assembles, and packages all instruments following established protocols, performs necessary repairs, reassembles, and stores specialized surgical instruments, and prepares orders for replacement parts or additional equipment as needed.
Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices, donning proper Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) and following protocols for decontamination referencing Instructions for Use (IFU) supplied by manufacturers.
Identifies instruments for all specialties and ensures proper function, follows protocols for repair or replacement of non‑functioning instruments, assembles and packages instrumentation sets according to departmental protocol, and utilizes equipment per manufacturer recommendations and hospital policy.
Operates steam autoclaves, ETO, and Gas Plasma sterilizers, maintaining appropriate logs and records related to the sterilization process, including Ethylene Oxide Aeration Records, Sterilizer Load Records, and Biological Monitoring Records.
Responds to problem calls from the Operating Room, performs preliminary investigations, determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests, and directs services in a professional manner while ensuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or GED and BLS certification required. Requires current national certification as a SPD Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician, or Surgical Instrument Processor, and relevant experience with sterilizing instruments that qualifies the candidate for the national certification exam or certified registration.
Preferred Qualifications
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
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Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instruments, including cleaning, decontamination, instrument identification, assembly, packaging, distribution, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation.
Essential Functions
Decontaminates, assembles, and packages all instruments following established protocols, performs necessary repairs, reassembles, and stores specialized surgical instruments, and prepares orders for replacement parts or additional equipment as needed.
Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices, donning proper Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) and following protocols for decontamination referencing Instructions for Use (IFU) supplied by manufacturers.
Identifies instruments for all specialties and ensures proper function, follows protocols for repair or replacement of non‑functioning instruments, assembles and packages instrumentation sets according to departmental protocol, and utilizes equipment per manufacturer recommendations and hospital policy.
Operates steam autoclaves, ETO, and Gas Plasma sterilizers, maintaining appropriate logs and records related to the sterilization process, including Ethylene Oxide Aeration Records, Sterilizer Load Records, and Biological Monitoring Records.
Responds to problem calls from the Operating Room, performs preliminary investigations, determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests, and directs services in a professional manner while ensuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or GED and BLS certification required. Requires current national certification as a SPD Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician, or Surgical Instrument Processor, and relevant experience with sterilizing instruments that qualifies the candidate for the national certification exam or certified registration.
Preferred Qualifications
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
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