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Sterile Processing Technician I

Banner Health·Lawrenceville, Illinois

$18 - $27/hrFull TimeOn Site0-2 yrsPosted 7 days ago
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Sterile Processing Technician I · $18 - $27/hr

How this role compares

Computed from live listings

  • -7% vs. median posted rate for support services roles in Illinois ($19.00/hr, n=2460)
  • 3 similar openings in the Lawrenceville area
$6.50/hr · lowesthighest · $1,040/hr
this role: $17.67/hrmedian $19.00/hr

Shaded band: the middle 50% of 2,460 posted support services roles in Illinois rates. This role sits in the 25th percentile.

About the role

Pay for this role is about 7% below the Illinois median for support services roles.

The Sterile Processing Technician is responsible for the cleaning, decontamination, assembly, and sterilization of surgical instruments to ensure operating room readiness. They must maintain accurate quality assurance records and adhere to strict infection control protocols to protect patients.

Primary City/State

  • Greeley,
  • Colorado
  • Department
  • Name:
  • Sterile
  • Processing
  • Dept-Hosp
  • Work
  • Shift:
  • Evening
  • Job
  • Category: Clinical Support Experience innovative technology and exceptional opportunities. If you’re looking to leverage your abilities to make a real difference – and real change in the health care industry – you belong at Banner Health. Apply today. North Colorado Medical Center has been a leader in providing the latest health care facilities, technology and service to Weld County, northern Colorado and our surrounding multi-state region for more than 100 years. The Sterile Processing Technician ensures clean, functional, and well-stocked medical instruments and equipment. In this role, you’ll sterilize items through critical steps that protect patients from infection and support care teams. You’ll also build expertise in microbiology, infection control, and decontamination practices.

Schedule

  • Fulltime | 40
  • Hours/Week
  • Monday through
  • Friday from 2pm-10:30pm including a weekend on-call rotation. Banner North Colorado Medical Center is a 378-bed Level II trauma center and acute care facility with over 3000 employees. Our hospital offers an array of inpatient and outpatient services including medical, pediatric, obstetric, orthopedic, surgical, heart, cancer, and critical care. As a regional medical center, we provide community-based and specialty services for a service area that includes southern Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Kansas, and northeastern Colorado. In order to provide the most compassionate and innovative care possible, we bring together state-of-the-art technology and an exceptional team of health care professionals. The Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center is amongst Northern Colorado's leading cancer diagnosis and treatment facilities for the healthcare professional, our Greeley, Colorado location offers access to a wide variety of recreational activities in an inviting, close-knit community.

Position Summary

This position demonstrates accountability for operating room readiness ensuring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies are complete and ready for a procedure prior to the preceding patient leaving the operating room. Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instrumentation including the cleaning, decontamination, disassemble/reassemble, quality assurance, instrument identification, set assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instrumentation for PeriOp Services, hospital departments, and clinics. CORE FUNCTIONS 1. Provides decontamination and sterile processing support to PeriOp Services, ED, ICU, hospital wide departments, clinics both on and off campus, and ambulatory surgery centers. Provides various levels of service for the management of sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable patient care supplies. Support may-or-may-not include, decontamination of surgical instruments, assembly/sterilization, sterile instrument storage, partial or complete case cart support, OR core tech support and high-level disinfection.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a high school diploma or GED and demonstrate strong mechanical aptitude and organizational skills. While not required at hire, obtaining national SPD certification within one year is preferred.

  • high school
  • Decontamination
  • Microbiology
  • Inventory management
  • Infection control
  • Mechanical aptitude
  • Quality assurance
  • Medical terminology
  • Equipment sterilization
  • PPE usage
  • Sterile processing
  • Surgical instrumentation
  • Standard precautions
  • Steam sterilization
  • Hydrogen peroxide sterilization
  • Endoscopic scope processing

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Salary
$18 - $27/hr
Location
Lawrenceville, Illinois
Posted
Sep 10, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Banner Health

Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health is one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns and operates 33 acute-care hospitals, Banner Health Network, Banner – University Medicine, academic and employed physician groups, long-term care centers,...

IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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2. Responsible for the decontamination, assembly, and packaging of surgical instruments following established protocols, instructions for use (IFU) as well as performs required quality assurance, repairs, reassembly, documentation, sterility handling, and storage of specialized surgical instruments. Maintains required sterilization logs and quality assurance records relating to all equipment associated for the purpose of decontamination, HLD disinfection, and sterilization.

3.

Ability to interpret the surgical schedule and medical terminology as it pertains to scheduled procedures requiring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies needed.

Able to address and communicate special needs to minimize delays to surgery.

Responds to emergent calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigation.

Determines priority level of instrumentation requests and other hospital needs.

Directs services in a competent and professional manner while assuring OR priorities are completed in a timely manner.

4. Able to differentiate surgical instrumentation that is surgery owned, consignment/loaner, hospital depart, surgeon, ambulatory surgery center, and clinics both on and off campus. Completes necessary tracking of surgical instruments with a paper log sheet or computer process for instrumentation leaving the area. Reports needed replacement of surgical instruments to maintain the inventory and support readiness of sets.

5. Utilizes specialized equipment for the decontamination, high-level disinfection, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation according to the device and equipment manufacturer’s recommendations and hospital policy. Operates steam and hydrogen peroxide sterilizers of various. Operates automated surgical instrument washers, ultrasonics, flush pumps, visualization devices, and cart washers to include high-level disinfectors where supported.

6.

Operates various quality assurance testing equipment associated to flexible endoscopic scopes, transesophageal ultrasound probes, and electro-surgical insulation defect detector for laparoscopic and energy provided surgical instrumentation.

Utilizes heat detection devices to allow steam sterilized surgical instrumentation to be released for use without risking burns to staff and patients.

Operates demagnetizers of stainless-steel instruments for ophthalmic and delicate cardiac surgical instrumentation for safe use on patients.

Utilizes various borescope devices to inspect inner channels of lumened surgical instrumentation and flexible scopes.

7.

Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices.

Staff follow protocols for proper donning of personnel protective equipment (PPE) while completing the decontamination process referencing IFU’s supplied by the manufacturers.

8.

Maintain flexibility to rotate shifts and adjust hours as needed, maintain a work record of regular attendance, timely arrivals, and departures, maintain professional appearance appropriate to position and function.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.

Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble, problem solve incomplete trays and missing instrumentation and have effective organizational, communication and human relation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Complete national certification as an SPD Technician within one year of hire.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred. Estimated Pay Range

  • $17.67 - $26.50 / hour Banner Health is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted compensation range is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay Banner Health in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. This range is based on possible base salaries and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location, along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure pay equity is achieved and maintained.
  • Anticipated
  • Closing
  • Window (actual close date may be sooner): 2027-01-08
  • EEO
  • Statement: EEO/Disabled/Veterans Our organization supports a drug-free work environment.
  • Privacy
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Market context

Illinois support-services roles stay credential-driven

In Illinois, support-services roles like this are typically competitive because employers look for a mix of early-career experience, an associate’s degree or equivalent training, and active imaging credentials. For this position, licensure and certification details matter, including ARRT status, an IEMA license, and CT certification within 13 months of hire. This platform AI-summarizes requirements and benefits from the original job description, saving you research time; before applying, verify your credentials and timeline against the posting.

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