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Sterile Processing Technician

DISCOVER REWARDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN COURSES 

Sterile Processing Technicians decontaminate, assemble, sterilize and distribute instruments, equipment and supplies. Maintains education in Sterile Processing and related aspects of patient care.

If you are interested in becoming a Sterile Processing Technician, we would like to help you meet that career goal! SBL is partnering with Lake Land College to offer tuition and books to for our employees who are selected for this program. Please return the application to Tracey McCord (TMcCord@sblhs.org) in Employee & Organization Development by:

  • May 15 for Fall Semester
  • October 15 for Spring Semester
  • March 15 for Summer Semester

CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 8

Advantages of the Lake Land Courses:

  • Scholarship assistance 
  • Preparation for certification exams 
  • Take 058 and 059 at the same time 
  • Take first steps toward steady career 
  • Earn $39,970 average salary in Illinois* (O*Net) 

Courses Available in Spring

Get Started Today!

  • Go to  lakelandcollege.edu/  enroll. 
  • Create a Laker profile. 
  • Complete an Intent to Enroll. 
  • Select NDP.Health as your major. 

Responsibilities:

  • Maintains and secures stocked crash carts and replenishes used crash carts.  Delivers used medication boxes securely to pharmacy for refill. Handles and maintains security of sealed drug boxes for crash carts.
  • Participates in the evaluation of the patient care delivery system
  • Decontaminates and refill crash carts, urological cart and latex free box, Trach Box, Chest tube Box, Central Line and Debridement box, following established health center procedures.
  • Places work order requests (i.e. maintenance, housekeeping, etc.)
  • Retrieves preference sheets from surgical services computer system per specifics. (i.e. patient specific, physician specific, etc.)
  • Maintains sterilization records for Sterile Processing, Operating Room and HMS
  • Inspects instruments for functionality and prepares them for sterilization.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of basic aseptic techniques.
  • Operates all sterilizer cycles in department – vacuum, gravity, Sterrad 100S, Sterrad NS, Starrad NX.
  • Applies principles of disinfection and sterilization.
  • Utilizes surgeon preference card and case cart pick list to competently prepare for operative procedures, when pulling inventory to build case carts
  • Operates and maintains equipment according to recommended manufactures instructions and health center policies and procedures
  • Decontaminates instruments and equipment following established health center procedures per manufacturer instruction.

•  Sterile Process Tech Job Demands

•  Student Information Release Authorization

•  SBL Job Shadow  - 1 shift required for all programs

•  Lake Land flyer

QUESTIONS?

Lake Land Course Instructor:

Cassie Porter -  cporter@lakelandcollege.edu

SBL Human Resources Business Partners:

Mellanie Bullock - SPT:  mbullock@sblhs.org

All other - Tracey McCord:  tmccord@sblhs.org