Job Summary and Responsibilities

Are you a highly skilled and experienced Sterile Processing professional, ready to take the reins and guide a vital team? Do you thrive on ensuring precision, patient safety, and operational flow in a dynamic surgical environment? If you possess a minimum of three years of dedicated sterile processing experience, including at least one year in a leadership capacity, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

Guiding and mentoring a dedicated team of technicians, ensuring every instrument is meticulously processed and readily available for our surgical suites. Knowing that your leadership in sterile technique directly contributes to preventing surgical site infections and optimizing patient safety. Collaborating seamlessly with our OR staff to anticipate needs, troubleshoot challenges, and guarantee a smooth, uninterrupted surgical schedule. Implementing innovative strategies, embracing new technologies, and continuously elevating our sterile processing capabilities. 

This is a unique opportunity to step into a pivotal role where your expertise and leadership will make a tangible difference every single day. If you're ready to move beyond "just processing" and instead lead, innovate, and contribute to world-class surgical care, we encourage you to connect with us.

Job Requirements
High School / General Studies (GED) required.Minimum three (3) years technical operating/instrument room experience required. Prior supervisory experience requiredAHA Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) requiredFire Safety, within 90 Days of start date required. Certified and Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required.Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Tech (CSPDT) required. Cert Sterile Processing Dist Tech (CSPDT -CBSPD) required. 

Preferred

College Degree in a related field preferred. Accredited Central Service/Sterile Processing Program and/or Surgical Technology Program preferred. Hospital acute care preferred. Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS) preferred. Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER) within 6 months preferred.

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1955, Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed, acute care, nonprofit community hospital located in Northridge, California. The hospital offers a full complement of award winning services, including the Leavey Cancer Center, a cardiovascular center, stroke center, the Center for Assault Treatment Services, a pediatric medical center, and the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley. As a leading provider of compassionate, high-quality and affordable patient-centered care, we share a rich legacy with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. We are part of a 21-state network of nearly 9,000 physicians, 62,000 employees and more than 400 care centers. Visit here  dignityhealth.org/northridgehospital for more information.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.