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MaineGeneral Health Sterile Processing Technician- Full-time in Augusta, Maine
Job Summary:At MaineGeneral Health, we believe in the importance of patient safety and high-quality care, and as a Sterile Processing Technician, you will play a vital role in supporting both. This position is perfect for individuals who are dedicated to ensuring the proper sterilization and readiness of medical instruments used in surgical procedures.
Job Description:
Why You’ll Love This Opportunity:
Comprehensive Training: We offer up to 16 weeks of hands-on training, making this the perfect opportunity to develop a strong foundation in sterile processing.
Career Growth: With a clear career ladder, your dedication and development are rewarded.
Mentorship and Support: Enjoy a supportive, team-oriented environment with ongoing training and mentorship to guide your growth.
Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive salary, shift differentials, healthcare benefits, paid time off, and more.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Sterilizing Medical Instruments: Safely and effectively clean, disinfect, decontaminate, and sterilize surgical instruments and medical equipment.
Preparing for Procedures: Assemble and package supplies for surgeries, ensuring everything is ready and sterile for use.
Monitoring Processes: Document sterilization processes to ensure compliance with infection control standards.
Collaboration: Work closely with the surgical team to ensure that instruments are available and ready for use when needed.
Continuous Improvement: Engage in ongoing learning and process improvements to enhance our department’s operations.
What We’re Looking For:
Attention to Detail: A strong commitment to precision, ensuring that all instruments meet safety and quality standards.
Collaboration: A team player who can work efficiently with colleagues to ensure smooth operations.
Willingness to Learn: We’ll provide the training needed to succeed, but your eagerness to grow and adapt is essential.
Commitment to Patient Safety: You’ll be dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in infection control, ensuring patient safety at all times.
Preferred Experience: While we are happy to train the right candidate, experience in sterilization, or roles like dental assisting, veterinary technology, or other related fields, is a plus.
Certification:
CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) certification is required within 2 years of hire.
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Scheduled Work Shift:
Job Exempt: No
Benefits:
Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.
Physical Wellness:
We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
Emotional Wellness:
When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Financial Wellness:
An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
Career Mobility:
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability: In furtherance of MaineGeneral's policy regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, MaineGeneral has developed a written Affirmative Action Program which sets forth the policies, practices and procedures that MaineGeneral is committed to in order to ensure that its policy of nondiscrimination and affirmative action is accomplished.
The Affirmative Action Plan for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities is available for inspection by any employee or candidate for employment upon request, during normal business hours, in the Human Resources Department. Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 . EEO is Law (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)