Surgical Sterile Processing Technician - Grinnell - Full Time 32 Hours/Week

Overview

The Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for the safe and effective reprocessing of surgical instruments and medical devices, including decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and distribution. This role ensures compliance with infection control standards, manufacturer guidelines, and regulatory requirements to support patient safety and clinical operations. The technician maintains accurate documentation for traceability, participates in quality assurance initiatives, and engages in ongoing professional development to stay current with best practices and organizational policies.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning, disinfecting, and decontamination duties on surgery medical instruments and equipment.
• Sterilizes instruments, equipment and supplies.
• Performs quality indicators including but not limited to biologicals, process challenge devices, chemical indicators, and process monitoring. Maintains sterilization records for all processes.
• Assembles surgical instruments, surgical instrument trays, and surgical packs including documentation.
• Receives, issues, stores, and distributes surgical supplies with accurate documentation.
• Assures proper storage of sterile supplies and equipment using first in first out rotation and periodic outdating.
• Assembles surgical case carts accurately and in a timely manner giving priority to emergency and next day cases.
• Fills surgery supply and instrument order requests as received from other areas.
• Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
• Maintains surgery inventory supply levels.
• Properly sterilizes surgical instruments and equipment according to manufacturer’s instructions for use.
• Delivers high quality care demonstrating knowledge and skills of the sterile processing specialty in accordance with established guidelines, policies, procedures and standards of care.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED equivalent.
• Central Service/Materials management course preferred.
• Previous sterile processing or surgical services experience preferred.
• CRCST certification preferred or eligible to test for.
• Must have the ability to learn and manage multiple tasks and to learn basic computer skills.
• Must read, write, speak and comprehend English fluently.