Central Sterile Processing Associate

✨ Join UPMC Magee’s Evening Shift or Night Shift Sterile Processing Team — and Earn Big!

Kick off your next career move with up to a $5,000 sign‑on bonus.

Certified & Experienced External (1+ year) Central Sterile Processing Technician hires are eligible for up to a $10,000 sign-on bonus (limited-time enhanced offering)!

Step into a role where your precision directly supports patient safety and surgical excellence. You’ll receive 6–8 weeks of hands‑on daytime training, a clear career ladder, and the chance to grow within a team that values excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

What You’ll Do

• Support quality and safety by applying performance‑improvement practices and sharing best‑practice insights across the department.
• Communicate clearly with care teams, document thoroughly, and use critical thinking to support safe, effective patient care.
• Build strong, positive working relationships, mentor colleagues, and contribute to a healthy, respectful workplace culture.
• Take initiative in your own professional development and help elevate the skills of others through knowledge‑sharing.
• Follow all sterile processing, decontamination, infection control, and safety standards.
• Clean, decontaminate, inspect, assemble, and sterilize instruments and equipment using both manual and mechanical methods.
• Prepare surgical trays, set up case carts, maintain inventory, and troubleshoot sterilization equipment.
• Work efficiently with attention to cost‑effective use of time and materials.
• Participate actively as a team member and uphold UPMC’s Core Values through reliable, compassionate, and detail‑driven work.
• Perform additional duties as needed to support patient care and department operations.

If you’re ready to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact every day, this is your moment. Your next chapter starts at UPMC Magee.

• High school diploma/GED required; no experience needed. Enrollment in an accredited Surgical Tech/Sterile Processing program or 1 year of UPMC experience preferred.
• Grandfathered technicians without certification must complete 10 hours of annual continuing education; certified staff must complete 10–12 hours per certifying body requirements.
• New hires in PA and NY must obtain certification within 18 months (MD excluded).
• Must be able to stand for full shifts and lift/push/pull up to 35 lbs.
• Accepted certifications: Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (HSPA).
• Act 34 clearance required.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.