Senior Sterile Processing Technician - Central Services and Supply Department

The Riverside University Health System Medical Center is seeking an experienced Senior Sterile Processing Technician to join our team with the Central Services and Supply Department.

The Senior Sterile Processing Technician serves in a lead capacity and plays a critical role in ensuring the proper sterilization and distribution of surgical instructments and medical equipment.

This position is responsible for mentoring and training new and existing staff, maintaining compliance with safety and quality standards, and supporting daily workflow in collaboration with departmental leadership.

Under direction, assigns, coordinates, and participates in the work of Sterile Processing Technicians involved in cleaning, assembling, sterilizing, and distributing hospital supplies and equipment; and performs other related duties as required.

The Senior Sterile Processing Technician is the advanced journey and lead level classification in the Sterile Processing Technician series and reports to the Supervising Sterile Processing Technician, Sterile Processing Manager or equivalent level manager.

Incumbents exercise a high degree of independent judgement, provide oversight to subordinate staff and perform the most complex assignments requiring extensive knowledge and proficiency.

The Senior Sterile Processing Technician is distinguished from the Supervising Sterile Processing Technician in that the latter is the first line supervisor charged with the full range of supervisory duties.

The Senior Sterile Processing Technician is not a natural progression underfill for the classification of Supervising Sterile Processing Technician.

Advancement to the next level is achieved through the County's standard recruitment process.

Physical Requirement:
Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods and lift, push, pull, and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.

Work Schedule:
5/40 - Monday to Friday, including rotating weekends
Hours: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm• Inspect, test, clean, decontaminate, and sterilize returned reusable medical equipment and surgical equipment, supplies and instrumentation, ensuring all parts have been returned and are operable, selecting appropriate cleaning agents and decontamination and sterilization processes; perform minor maintenance and repairs on medical equipment as needed.

• Identify and assemble medical and surgical instrumentation and supplies using count sheets; package in accordance with sterilization technique to be used; generate and attach labels and billing codes; sterilize, and if required, aerate.

• Assemble instruments and supplies for surgery or case/specialty cart procedures using pick lists; distribute sterilized supplies and patient care equipment, maintaining required inventory levels throughout hospital and clinics; check correctness of requisitions and accuracy of inventory and issue supplies; issue prescribed medical supplies and equipment to patients.

• Create and maintain accurate equipment tracking...