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Sterile Processing Tech

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, California
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The posted compensation range of $26.50 - $32.22 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

Requisition ID 2026-453379 Employment Type Full Time Department Central Sterilization Hours/Pay Period 80 Shift Varies Weekly Schedule Varied Based Upon Business Needs Remote No Category Technician

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Sterile Processing Professional, you will be a critical guardian of patient safety, ensuring surgical teams receive correct, fully functional, and sterile instrumentation.

Every day, you will expertly perform decontamination, prep and pack, sterilization, and dispatch with efficiency, expertise, and accuracy, delivering instruments with resourcefulness, determination, courtesy, and professionalism. You will continuously expand your knowledge of standards and procedures for surgical instrumentation.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a rigorous commitment to infection control, ensuring optimal surgical outcomes with a professional demeanor.

  • The Central Processing Technician competently and consistently performs the following:
  • Receives, identifies and decontaminates patient care equipment, using all appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • Disassembles various procedure trays, packs and prepares them for terminal sterilization.
  • Thoroughly cleans, inspects, wraps and sterilizes equipment at proper cycles.
  • Aerates gas sterilized goods as required.
  • Assures the supplies on crash carts are replenished immediately, and the cart is prepared and sealed.

Job Requirements

Required

  • High School Graduate or GED
  • One (1) year of patient care experience or certified in Central Sterile Processing
  • Certified Central Service Technician or CSPDT (CRCST or CSPDS or CSPDT) within 1 year.


Preferred

  • One year CP experience and/or knowledge of patient care items
Where You'll Work

Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Grass Valley, California. The hospital has been providing compassionate and quality health care to residents and visitors of western Nevada County since 1958. As an affiliate of the nationally recognized Dignity Health system, we ensure our patients receive the highest standard of health care and have access to important regional resources throughout the system, including the Dignity Health Heart & Vascular Institute, the Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California and the Dignity Health Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento. With 765 employees, 101 active medical staff and 21 Emergency Department beds, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital continually implements and upgrades its technology and recruits employees who understand the vital importance of kindness and compassion in the healing process.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

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