Job Details

Overview

Join our team as an evening shift, full-time, Sterile Processing Technician (SPT) in Topeka, KS.

Why Join Us?

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

Get to Know Your Team:

• The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus, a part of a rich legacy of compassionate care since 1909, now offers 378 licensed beds, a history of innovation, and strong community support.

• Demonstrates the ability to read and interpret the surgery schedule and take a lead role in determining instrumentation and staff workflow.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of the procedures/policies required for decontamination and terminal sterilization of instrumentation while instituting protective measures to assure proper decontamination and sterilization.
• Demonstrates operational knowledge and technical competence when using equipment and supplies and can precept new employees in cleaning instruments/equipment/supplies properly and stores them securely.
• Maintains instrumentation/equipment in good working order and reports malfunctions or broken items or unsafe instrumentation to appropriate personnel.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of decontaminator, ultrasonic, washer sterilizer, hand washing delicate, flexible, power instrumentation, steam, plasma-hydrogen peroxide, paracetic acid methods of stylization.
• Communicates and listens effectively with internal and external customers; effectively understands instructions and shares knowledge.
• Cooperates and interacts with supervisors, peers, other departments, and all customer groups demonstrating our commitment to "service".

Job Requirements:

• High school or equivalent education
• BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.

Job Requirements Preferred:

• 1-3 years of experience in Sterile Processing Department
• Hospital experience
• Sterile Processing Certification