Sterile Processing Technician II

at  Sutter Health

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Performs activities and duties in decontamination, sterilization, case cart preparation, patient care equipment cleaning and distribution, and restock of crash carts and other house-wide specialty carts.
Job Description:

EDUCATION

HS Diploma or equivalent education/experience
Other: Graduate of an approved Central Processing program or Operating Room Technician program OR
Other: Equivalent combination of education and pertinent/directly related experience in Central Processing in an acute-care hospital environment.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AS TYPICALLY ACQUIRED IN:

Graduate of approved program with completion of required externship in an acute care hospital performing instrument processing/handling functions ; experience in an acute care hospital preferred.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Sterilization methods including steam, ethylene oxide and plasma chamber.
Handling of sterile items.
Medical terminology , basic microbiology , anatomy, physiology and elementary physics principles as they relate to daily Central Processing functions.
General use, identification, care and assembly of surgical instrumentation.
Basic principles and methods of decontamination.
Ability to competently perform and evaluate standard performance monitoring tests used for validation of sterilizers and sterilization cycles.
Competently operate all sterilization modalities in use at the medical center (ETO, STERRAD, and Steam).
Competently operate equipment used in cleaning and high-level disinfection activities (washer-decontaminator , ultrasonic cleaners, and Steris System 1) Advanced instrument identification skills
Able to understand , speak, read and write in English
Basic computer skills

WEEKEND REQUIREMENTS:

Rotating Weekends

Please refer the Job description for details