Operating Room Tech / Sterile Processing Tech

Job Summary Sterile Processing Tech position supporting central sterile processing operations across rotating shifts. The role requires expertise in instrument decontamination, preparation and packaging, sterilization, endoscope reprocessing, and a broad range of surgical service lines. The assignment is scheduled for 15 weeks. Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating shifts, 8 hours per shift, with a minimum of 40 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required at least every other weekend, and schedules may be adjusted to meet unit and patient-care needs. Holiday coverage includes two of the following four holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Day.
• Required Qualifications: Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) certification; minimum of 5 years of sterile processing department experience; at least 2 travel assignments of 13 weeks or longer; at least 1 year of experience in a Level I academic medical center with 20 or more operating rooms; service-line experience; recent case-pick and sterilization experience; competency in decontamination, preparation and packaging, steam sterilization, low-temperature sterilization, gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing, and flexible-scope high-level disinfection; experience with sterile instrument reprocessing; and familiarity with delicate-item hand washing, loaner trays, endoscope washers, and robotic surgical systems.
• Preferred Qualifications: Additional certifications in Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER), Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS), or Certified Healthcare Leader (CHL).
• Additional Information: Experience is required across multiple surgical service lines, including robotics, general, cardiac, peripheral vascular, cardiovascular, ears, nose, and throat, ophthalmic, laparoscopic, orthopedic, orthopedic spine, neurological, dental, implant loaner, plastic surgery, urology, and endoscopy. Processing benchmarks include completing a minor set in fewer than 7 minutes, a dental set in under 4 minutes, and an orthopedic tray in approximately 15 minutes. Familiarity with identifying minor and major basic instruments, trauma instruments, dental instruments, and surgical implant systems is required. No block schedules are available. Orientation is conducted biweekly on Mondays. Reliable transportation is recommended because public transportation is not accessible in the area, and vehicles should have all-season or snow tires from November through April.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits