About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Sterile Process Technician
Department: Sterile Processing
Daily Work Times: 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.- flex
Scheduled Biweekly Hour: 72
Position Summary: Performs and participates in decontamination, cleaning, assembling, packaging, scanning, sterilization, storage and distribution of reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies and equipment, and assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper standard precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
- Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
- Sorts mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
- Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
- Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
- Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of approved sterile processing course and certification as a sterile processing technician by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).
- Prior experience in sterile processing preferred.
Position/Subsidiary Specific:
- Completion of approved sterile processing course, prior comparable experience in sterile processing and/or certification as a sterile processing technician by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or the International Association of Central Service Material Management (IACSMM)
- If there are no applicants with experience, course completion and/or certification, other candidates may be considered, who will be required to schedule with the applicable certifying body, the first available certification examination following twelve (12) months of hire or transfer.
Certification as a Sterile Processing Technician by either the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or (other certifying body) will be a requirement for this position.
- Incumbent employees not already certified will be required to obtain certification that can be verified by Human Resources within twelve (12) months from signing of this document.
- Newly hired or transferred employees will be required to obtain certification that can be verified by Human Resources within twelve (12) months from the date of hire and or transfer.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
