Sterile Processing Tech
US-CA-NORTHRIDGE
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 462945
Type: Day
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Overview: Founded in 1955, Dignity Health - Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care and women's health. It is the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley. Additionally, Northridge Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and has been recognized as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026. One Community. One Mission. One California Responsibilities: As our Sterile Processing Professional, you will be a critical guardian of patient safety, ensuring surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation. Every day, you will expertly perform decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy, delivering instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism. You will continuously expand your knowledge of standards and procedures for surgical instrumentation. To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a rigorous commitment to infection control, ensuring optimal surgical outcomes with a professional demeanor. * Cleans and decontaminates surgical instruments and other medical equipment following established policy and procedure. * Inspects, assembles, packages and sterilizes medical devices following manufacturer's recommendations and established procedure. * Operates cleaning and sterilization equipment in the department according to manufacturer's recommendations and established procedure. * Performs biological tests and maintains recording devices on all autoclaves. * Inspects instruments to ascertain good working condition. Sends instruments out for repair or sharpening as needed. * Maintains neat, orderly work areas and sterile fields when in operating rooms. This position is represented by SEIU-UHW and is covered by the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement. Qualifications: * High School Graduate or GED * AHA Basic Life Support - CPR * Fire Safety, within 90 Days * Knowledge of specialty instruments and thorough knowledge of disinfecting and sterilization procedures Preferred * Associates or Bachelors degree * One year technical operating/instrument room experience in sterile processing * Prior large Hospital/acute care experience * GI experience * Certified and Registered Central Service Technician or * Certified Sterile Processing Dist Technician, upon hire or * Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Technician
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