Sterile Processing Technician

Job Title: Technician-Sterile Processing
About the Department: Located in Warren, Michigan, our campus serves Macomb County's largest city with a central location along the Van Dyke corridor, offering quick access to Detroit and I-696. Warren is a diverse, tight-knit community, providing an easy commute for team members across the northern suburbs and beyond. Our department is dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of sterile processing and surgical instrument management, supporting safe and efficient patient care across the healthcare system.
Role Overview: As a Technician-Sterile Processing, you play a critical role in maintaining the safety and efficiency of surgical procedures. You ensure all surgical instruments and sets are properly inspected, assembled, and sterilized, supporting surgeons, nurses, and patients by providing reliable, high-quality equipment. Your work directly impacts patient outcomes and the overall success of surgical operations.
Why Henry Ford Health: At Henry Ford Health, we are relentless advocates for exceptional care for our patients, communities, and each other. We come to do meaningful work and grow our careers, and we stay for the connection, support, and shared pride in making the impossible, possible.
What You Will Do: - Operate sterilization equipment and inspect instruments, equipment, and containers to ensure cleanliness and proper functioning. - Perform decontamination of soiled instruments, sterilization containers, and equipment according to instructions for use (IFUs) and established protocols. - Correct instrument sets according to current standards, established count sheets, and/or instrument tracking systems. - Maintain proper levels of inventory to ensure availability for case carts. - Perform regular quality assurance program audits of peers.
What We Offer: Join a team where your work directly impacts patient care and safety. Grow your career through hands-on experience, collaboration with healthcare professionals, and opportunities to advance in a mission-driven environment. Learn from industry leaders and contribute to a culture of excellence in sterile processing.
Join Our Team: Be part of a dedicated team ensuring the highest standards of patient safety. Apply now to make a difference in healthcare!
What You Will Need:
Required Qualifications:
High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job-specific experience. - Note: Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.
Preferred Qualifications:
Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association.
Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).
Completion of a Sterile Processing program.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No