Northern Arizona Healthcare · 2 weeks ago
SPD Technician 1 - Cottonwood
Cottonwood, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelNorthern Arizona Healthcare is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician to ensure the proper care and handling of surgical instrumentation. The role involves cleaning, decontamination, assembly, and sterilization of instruments, as well as maintaining logs and compliance with safety standards.
Health CareMedicalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Decontaminates, assembles, and packages all surgical instruments following established protocols
Inspects instrumentation for functionality and damage, and prepares order requests for instruments that need repair or replacement
Identifies instruments for various surgical specialties and follows manufacturers IFUs for proper processing
Operates autoclaves
Maintains biological and chemical wash solutions to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment, while maintaining a clean environment
Maintains appropriate logs and records relative to the sterilization process, including sterilizer load records and biological monitoring records
Responds to problem calls from Operating Rooms and performs preliminary investigations
Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects and distributes instruments, trays, urology cart, and facility medical equipment
Determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests, may include preparing and delivering case carts with extreme accuracy
Responsible for reporting any safety related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner
Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards
If required for position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates
Completes all company mandatory modules and required job specific training in the specified time frame
Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employees area of responsibility
Responsible for reporting any work-related injury or exposure incident by the end of the shift on the day of occurrence using the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety related training; performs work in a safe manner, including proper hand hygiene and the appropriate donning/doffing of personal protective attire; ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and reports safety concerns to manager
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or GED- Required
CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) or CSPDT (Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician) – Required within 2 years from date of hire
Employee will obtain and maintain appropriate clinical competencies for the roles assigned by their departmental leader
Preferred
Graduation from an accredited Sterile Processing program or other higher education- Preferred
Recent experience as a Sterile Processing Tech or Surgical Tech- Preferred
Education In Healthcare Field- Preferred
Company
Northern Arizona Healthcare
Northern Arizona Healthcare is a healthcare organization in Northern and Central Arizona.
Founded in 1936
1001-5000 employees
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2024 (12)
2022 (2)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
David Cheney
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cliff Loader
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-11-13
Phoenix Business Journal
2025-03-06
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