Sterilization Technician

**Job title: Sterile Technician**
**Type: 3+months contract to hire or extension**
**Location: Niles, MI**
**Status—W2 ONLY**

**Required certifications: CRCST**

**Hours: 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM, 11:00PM - 07: 30 AM**
**Shift length: 8hrs**

**Description**:
**Position Summary**:

- Provides hospital and affiliated facilities with processed materials and equipment by executing established procedures for decontamination, assembly, packaging, and sterilization.
- Maintains efficient flow of processing procedures, through appropriate case set-up, anticipation of health care provider requests and patient care needs.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- Properly identifies and decontaminates instruments through use of washer/de -contaminator equipment and proper hand-washing techniques.
- Assembles instruments correctly, ensuring appropriate cleanliness and function is achieved.
- Prepares instruments for sterilization through proper packaging, rigid container system, and wrapping techniques.
- Sterilizes instruments by correctly loading carts and operating sterilizers (Steam Sterilizer and Gas Plasma)
- Properly handles sterilized instruments for storage and distribution.
- Maintains efficient flow of processing procedures, through appropriate case cart set-up, anticipation of health care provider requests and patient care needs.
- Anticipates and prioritizes instrument and supply needs using surgery lists, Sterile Processing Microsystem (SPM) computer system and inventory levels of instruments.

**Requirements**:

- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Certification in Central Service Processing required.
- Preferred: Membership in Central Service Processing professional organization
- One year of Sterile Processing work experience

**Job Type**: Contract

Pay: $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Experience**:

- Sterile processing: 1 year (preferred)

License/Certification:

- CRCST (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Niles, MI 49120 (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Niles, MI 49120: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person