Central Sterile Technician

UnityPoint Health Fort Dodge

FTE: 1.0 (40 hours per week, Full-time benefits)

Shift: Shifts typically 7a-3:30p with one late shift a week until 6:30p. Includes one call shift every 6th Saturday

Why UnityPoint Health?    

Commitment to our Team – We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.    

Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and an unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.    

Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.     

• Caring is what we do, and it starts with our team members: expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program as we support you both personally and professionally.   

• You can only give your best when you feel your best, and we help you live well with dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members to give you peace of mind.    

• We strive to make things easier and more personal in health care to set us apart from the rest, and you can experience that commitment through early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, a tuition reimbursement program designed to help you further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family in the way that works for you.   

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – At UnityPoint Health, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together. Our collective goal is to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected.   

Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.   

Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.    

Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at  https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org 

Performs cleaning, disinfecting, and decontamination duties on surgery medical instruments and equipment.
Sterilizes instruments, equipment and supplies.

Performs quality indicators including but not limited to biologicals, process challenge devices, chemical indicators, and process monitoring.

Maintains sterilization records for all processes.
Assembles surgical instruments, surgical instrument trays, and surgical packs including documentation.
Receives, issues, stores, and distributes surgical supplies with accurate documentation.
Assures proper storage of sterile supplies and equipment using first in first out rotation and periodic outdating.
Assembles surgical case carts accurately and in a timely manner giving priority to emergency and next day cases.
Fills surgery supply and instrument order requests as received from other areas.
Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
Maintains surgery inventory supply levels.
Properly sterilizes surgical instruments and equipment according to manufacturer’s instructions for use.
Delivers high quality care demonstrating knowledge and skills of the sterile processing specialty in accordance with established guidelines, policies, procedures and standards of care.

High School Graduate or GED equivalent required.

Central Service/Materials management course preferred.

Previous sterile processing or surgical services experience preferred.

CRCST certification preferred.

Must have the ability to learn and manage multiple tasks and to learn basic computer skills.

Must read, write, speak and comprehend English fluently.