St. Joseph’s Healthcare System is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

 Job Overview

Works under the direction of the Manager, supervising sterile processing personnel performing all daily activities of the Sterile Processing Department, which include but are not limited to decontamination, assembly and counting of instrument sets, all methods of sterilization , maintaining specialty carts (CPR carts, disaster carts, Case Carts, Latex Allergy carts, GU carts) . Performs functions with conscious regard to procedures while interacting professionally with other departments within the system. Must have extensive knowledge of all operational aspects of a Sterile Processing Department and be able to perform the following: identification, cleaning, inspection, testing, packaging, and sterilization of surgical instruments, operation of mechanical equipment used for cleaning and sterilization, working knowledge of all Regulatory and Infection Control policies and practices that govern CSPD, knowledge of ordering and inventory control, knowledge of Medical Terminology to identify Surgical procedures, ability to collect and analyze data and computer skills.

Work requires a High School diploma or equivalent and one to two years of previous work related experience. Certification required from a NJDOH recognized certification such as CSPDT / HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association). Completion and passing grade in an SPD training course or school is acceptable in lieu of one to two years job experience. Work requires math skill such as addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.