Sterile Processing Specialist - 1st shift

About the role

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

Every life-changing surgery, every critical procedure, and every patient success story starts long before a physician enters the room. It starts with a Sterile Processing Specialist.

At Children's Wisconsin, you'll be part of something bigger than a job. You'll play a vital role in ensuring our caregivers have the sterile instruments and equipment they need to provide exceptional care to children and families. While your work happens behind the scenes, your impact is felt throughout the hospital every single day.

What You'll Do

• Receive, clean and decontaminate surgical instruments and equipment per manufacturer’s guidelines.
• Identifies, inventories, inspects and assembles surgical instrument trays for the designated departments.
• Provides for proper sterilization of prepared items.
• Operates and maintains departmental equipment in a safe and efficient manner and takes appropriate action.
• Assembles and dispenses case carts, supplies, and equipment for surgical procedures.
• Set up and dispatch specialty carts and emergency carts according to procedures.
• Maintain work environment in a safe, clean orderly manner.
• Cleans scopes as needed per department demands.

What you Bring

• High School graduate or Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) required.
• 1+ years experience as a Sterile Processing Tech preferred.
• Analytical ability to learn and differentiate different types of instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact with physicians, nursing staff and patients/families.
• Ability to stand and maneuver equipment for extended periods of time.
• Knowledge of complex instrumentation preferred.
• Basic knowledge and skill of computer use.
• Basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills required
• CSPDT-Sterile Process Distribution Technician - Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution OR CRCST-Certified Registered Central Service Technician - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management within 18 months of hire.

Hours: 8:50am-5:20pm, must also participate in a weekend and holiday rotation.

Certifications/Licenses

+ one of the following: - N/A, CRCST-Certified Registered Central Service Technician - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA), CSPDT-Sterile Process Distribution Technician - Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution