Join the transformative team at City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Position Summary

City of Hope, a leading cancer health system, is seeking a detail-oriented and dedicated Sterile Processing Technician to join our team. In this crucial role, you will be responsible for the sterilization, processing, and maintenance of supplies, instruments, and equipment in a fast-paced healthcare environment, ensuring the highest quality of care for our patients.

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Supply Sterilization: Perform the decontamination, cleaning, disinfection, assembly, and sterilization of medical instruments, supplies, and equipment using approved sterilization techniques and equipment.
• Supply Restocking: Replenish and maintain storage of supplies and case cart systems to ensure the availability of sterile equipment and instruments for surgical and medical procedures.
• Inventory Control: Manage inventory control procedures, including labeling and proper documentation of sterilized packages, and monitor inventory levels to meet departmental needs.
• GI Scope Processing: Process and maintain endoscopic instruments, including GI scopes, to the highest standards, ensuring patient safety and infection control.
• Quality Assurance: Report faulty equipment, deficiencies in procedures, and non-compliance with sterilization standards, contributing to the safety and quality of patient care.
• Educational Participation: Actively participate in educational programs and in-service meetings to stay updated on best practices, new technologies, and changes in sterilization protocols.
• Timeliness: Perform all duties efficiently and under urgent timelines to support surgical schedules and patient care.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Your qualifications should include:

• Post High School Vocational/Specialized Training.
• Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.
• Certified Registered Central Service Technician or 1 year sterile processing experience in an acute care setting.
• Maintains knowledge in surgical and medical technology through inservices/courses.
• BLS (through the American Heart Association), required.
• CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) preferred.

Additional Information:

• Shift: Evening shift, 8-hour shifts, 3:00pm start time
• Job Status: Full-time, 40 hours per week
• This position is represented by a collective bargaining agreement
• As a condition of employment, City of Hope requires staff to comply with all state and federal vaccination mandates.
• The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate's experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here