Sterilization Technician Job Description
Sterilization technician
provides guidance to engineering teams, device reprocessing teams, and manufacturing teams in the selection of sterilization methods, sterilization cycles and locations, manufacturing locations, and the establishment of sterilization product families.
Sterilization Technician Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective sterilization technician job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included sterilization technician job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Restocks specialty trays, plates, screws in a timely manner prior to sterilization
Follows all required safety and central processing standards, including OSHA Blood borne Pathogen Standard to avoid injury and contamination to self and others
Responsible for moving 50 lbs
Preforms cooperatively with a certified trainer and other certified technicians
Uses departmental computer and paper systems to maintain equipment records
Use all types of communication
Participate in special project teams
Ensure compliance with J&J environmental policies/guidelines, J&J Pollution Prevention Goals and regulatory requirements
Coordinate process operations and material movement from other departments and throughout the sterilization area
Maintenance of production work to include recording books, stamping run records and books associated with the material or devices being sterilized
Sterilization Technician Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Sterilization Technician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CBSPD, IAHCSMM, BCLS, CSPD, CRCST
Education for Sterilization Technician
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the sterilization technician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Education, Graduate, Science, Associates, General Education, Department of Education, Patient Care, Faculty, Health Professions Education, Healthcare
Skills for Sterilization Technician
Desired skills for sterilization technician include:
Metric system
Dental office practices and equipment
Electrical and radiation principles with respect to irradiation of medical devices
Instruments
JDE
LIMS
Sterilization equipment and computer systems
SCADA
Sterilization principles
Areas in the Dental Reprocessing and Distribution
Desired experience for sterilization technician includes:
Supports, understands, and adheres to continuous improvement principles and rules by identifying, evaluating and resolving problems
Environmental monitoring – facilitating, collecting, reviewing, and/or reporting data
Utility monitoring including compressed air and nitrogen system – collecting, reviewing, and reporting data
Water testing – sample collection, shipping, and testing
Facilitate and/or perform product bioburden testing
Facilitate and/or perform product bacterial endotoxin testing
Sterilization Technician Examples
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Sterilization Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of sterilization technician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for sterilization technician
- Nonconformance review support
- Material handling of customer product
- Able to conduct direct inoculation of microorganisms and recoveries
- Conduct population verification of biological indicators
- Conduct d-value testing and calculate d-values for biological indicators
- Biological indicator, data logger, and/or chemical indicator placement
- Operate all REVOX related equipment
- Data logger programming and analysis
- Biological indicator incubation and testing
- Document all REVOX related processing and/or testing requirements
Qualifications for sterilization technician
- Working knowledge of GMP, FDA, and ISO standards is desirable
- Able to work in a controlled clean environment
- Gowning experience is preferable
- Clear writing with attention to detail
- Self-motivated and able to take direction to perform all necessary duties
- Capable of working effectively in a team environment, individually
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Sterilization Technician Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a sterilization technician. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for sterilization technician
- Assemble customer data packets
- Update inventory management system as product is move throughout our facility
- Red line and ECO SOP’s and specifications
- Troubleshoot REVOX equipment
- Execute qualification and validation protocols
- Must have good analytical skills and should be detailed-oriented
- Must be able to work in a team and follow deadlines
- Distribute clean linen to all departments within SCCA, which includes unloading bulk linen carts, stocking shelves, handles special requests, and stocks special linen carts for various areas and departments
- Receives incoming un-processed product, verifies customer count and lot numbers, notes any damage and enters information into the computer system
- Reports any quality and safety issues to the QA manager, or designated supervisor
Qualifications for sterilization technician
- Associate Degree from a vocational school or technical college of at least 1800 hours
- Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Products to generate graphs and data collection sheets document procedures and methods
- Ability to understand and apply basic mathematical and statistical concepts
- Must have schedule flexibility and be able to work 630pm-630am (rotating 4 days on, 4 days off)
- Educational experience equivalent to a High School Diploma with five years previous technician experience, or an Associate's Degree with three years previous technician experience, or a Bachelor's Degree with one year experience
- Two years previous sterile processing experience, instrument room, or central supply experience in an acute care setting with comparable patient mix (trauma, open heart, total joint replacement, complex neuro procedures)
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Our company is looking to fill the role of sterilization technician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for sterilization technician
- Operates forklift to remove palletized product from truck, and if floor loaded must remove each carton individually and place on pallets, and moves to un-processed storage
- May move product via forklift to and from various areas of the facility for processing
- Removes samples from customer product and coordinates shipment of samples
- May shrink-wrap palletized finished-product to be returned to the customer
- May contact trucking company and schedule pick-up of finished product
- Using forklift, loads palletized product onto trailer
- Assists with other tasks as assigned by Supervisor
- Compliance with environmental & Quality Systems procedures in your assigned work areas
- Compliance with safety procedures at all times including in areas where hazardous chemicals may be encountered
- Detailed inspections of sterilization records and all related documentation for completeness, accuracy, and to ensure they meet validated parameters prior to releasing product for distribution
Qualifications for sterilization technician
- Must be willing to work established shifts
- Should be proficient using a computer and be able to analyze data in a database/spreadsheet
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds and perform repetitive bending and lifting motions over a period of time
- Requires bending, twisting, squatting, pushing / pulling motions and lifting up to 50 lbs
- 2 years’ experience in High-level disinfection, Endoscopy
- Flexible scope Reprocessing/ High-level disinfection certification or obtain within 12 months of hire
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Sterilization Technician Job Description
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Our company is looking for a sterilization technician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for sterilization technician
- Verification and transmittal of various biological and product samples for customers’ routine sterilization loads
- Maintain work area cleanliness and organization in your assigned work areas
- Special projects as assigned by your manager or director
- Prepare media and dispense in to appropriate containers
- Load & unload sterilizers
- Accurately prepare sterilized media & items released for use
- Monitor & maintain inventory of supplies
- Monitor DI water system
- Prepare items for Depyrogenation / Sterilization
- Perform QA/QC duties
Qualifications for sterilization technician
- Ability to perform duties while standing, sitting, stooping, and reaching for long periods of time
- Some college preferred (preferred area of study related to Biology/Chemistry/Engineering)
- Sterilization or Medical Devices/OTC Drugs/Cosmetics preferred
- Must be able to work in environment with variable noise levels
- Ability to lift / push / pull / move 50 lbs
- Shift Tuesday - Saturday
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Sterilization Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a sterilization technician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for sterilization technician
- Warehouse operation experience desirable
- Must be able to successfully pass a Hazmat physical
- Demonstrates ability to understand use, function, interpretation, documentation, and record-keeping of chemical and biological indicators related to instrument and equipment sterilization and low, intermediate, and high-level disinfection processes
- Maintains area/department in an orderly/organized fashion
- Perform weekly inventory of processing supplies and notifies appropriate personnel of order needs
- Continues assigned daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly routines, including requirements with reports, logs and related documentation
- Trains, orients, and oversees personnel regarding processing of supplies (PMM, issue processing, delivery documents, ordering) and equipment, pulling cases for surgical procedures, operation of sterilizers and cleaning equipment, proper sterilization techniques, and the use of all other Sterilization equipment
- Prioritizes and assigns shift duties, monitors follow through of other Instrument Techs and reports positive and negative results back to the Surgical Services Manager
- Gives feedback to OR and Instrument Techs at appropriate times in the workflow process
- Oversees and participates in new employee training
Qualifications for sterilization technician
- Demonstrated ability to learn and understand procedure and protocol
- Six (6) months to one (1) year of previous warehouse / Sterilization / GMP experience preferred (food or medical device)
- Six (6) months to one (1) year of experience operating a forklift preferred
- General understanding of microbiology and cGMP preferred
- Must stand on feet for extended periods of time and work in a sterile production environment
- State Licensure or certification as a Sterilization Processing Technician, as required by state regulations or contract specifications