Central Sterile Technician

Job Title: Central Sterile Technician

Are you a motivated, detail-oriented team player with a passion for healthcare? Join our team as a Central Sterile Technician and play a pivotal role in helping maintain the health and safety of our facility for staff, patients, and visitors. If you thrive in a fast-paced, supportive, and collaborative work environment, we want to hear from you!

About Speare Memorial Hospital

Speare Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital serving dozens of communities in the Lakes Region. We are passionately committed to providing exceptional, local care to our friends, families, neighbors, and communities at large.

Mission: To work together to serve the needs of our patients and community.

Vision: A community where all can achieve optimal health.

Values: Kindness, Collaboration, Patient & Family-Centered, Safety, Excellence, Efficiency, and Professionalism.

What You’ll Do:

• Utilizes principles of safety and infection control, including universal precautions, while
  • Decontaminating and sterilizing instruments, medical supplies and equipment; assembles, wraps and sterilizes trays of instruments. Follows proper Standard Precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
  • Monitoring biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Reviews and completes applicable checks and maintenance of sterilizers, washers and ultrasonic cleaner, ensuring adequacy and accuracy of the records, and to monitor the equipment’s operation and effectiveness.
• Attends and participates in hospital/departmental meetings as required.

• Complies with hospital and departmental policies, procedures, regulations and standards as related to job.
• Demonstrates hospital’s stated mission and values of teamwork, respect and communication with co-workers, patients, families and visitors.
• Actively and appropriately participates in problem-solving identification and resolution, both intra- and inter-departmentally
• Meets department customer service standards and strives to enhance the level of customer service provided.
• Possesses basic computer knowledge and skills (Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
• Effectively communicates at all levels of internal and external customers.
• Able to multitask without losing efficiency and quality of work
• Possesses the ability to critically think in situations where speed and sustained attention are important.
• Initiates Biomed or Facilities work orders when needed
• Assists in maintaining records for sterilizer loads and equipment tests
• Identifies broken/malfunctioning instruments
• Uses FIFO principle to store processed surgical instrumentations in designated areas.
• Follows manufacturer recommendations when operating SPD equipment
• Restocks par level of decontamination protective supplies (gloves, masks with face shield, gowns) and cleaning solutions (detergents, enzymatic cleaner, lubricant)
• Refers to surgery and endoscopy schedule to plan and prepare for needs of the day.
• Properly stores sterile sets and peel packs in designated areas.
• Cares for all instruments individually based on design function and delicacy.
• Cleans and processes flexible and rigid endoscopes.
• Reassembles instruments sets as it is listed on count sheets.
• Recognizes and replaces broken instrumentations in sets.
• Reviews SPD supply inventory and initiate orders as necessary.
• Demonstrates commitment to department’s goals and hospital’s mission, vision and values
• Performs other related duties as needed.

What We’re Looking For:

Required:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• BLS – Healthcare Provider – Within 6 Months of Hire Date

Preferred:

• Successful completion SPD Technician course preferred
• Certification within one (1) year of hire for non-certified technicians
• 1 or more years in a medical or healthcare setting

Why Join Speare Memorial Hospital?

• Community Connection: Be part of an organization deeply invested in local health and wellness.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside dedicated professionals who genuinely care about their work and each other.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for continuing education and career development.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Competitive salary
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • Health savings accounts with employer contributions
  • 403(b) retirement plans with generous employer contributions
  • Lifestyle Savings Account reimbursement program
  • Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Repayment programs
  • Employee recognition and appreciation programs
  • Generous Earned Time accrual
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Life insurance

Our Commitment

Speare Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our ability to serve our equally diverse community.

Join us in our mission to provide compassionate, high-quality healthcare to our community.