Travel Sterile Processing Tech Job
Lima, OH
Contracted
Lima Memorial Main Campus
Mid Level
Step into a pivotal role as a Sterile Processing Tech, where your precision safeguards every surgical procedure and sustains the flow of care in operating rooms across the United States. Your expertise will ensure that instruments are properly decontaminated, sterilized, assembled, and packaged to the highest standards, supporting patient safety and optimal outcomes. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to contribute to seamless perioperative care, to refine processes, and to grow within a specialty that keeps hospitals running smoothly under pressure. In Ohio, Lima offers a welcoming community and a thriving healthcare corridor, while the state itself resonates with character, culture, and opportunity. From the bright riverfronts to America’s scenic byways, Ohio invites you to explore its beauty while advancing your career.
Ohio’s landscapes and charm are a backdrop to your daily work. The state’s mix of lakes, parks, and urban centers provides inviting places to unwind after shifts. In addition to Lima’s local appeal, Ohio features destinations that showcase history, nature, and vibrant dining and arts scenes. Whether you’re drawn to lakefront strolls, canyon-like wooded trails, or easy weekend getaways to nearby cities, the state offers a balanced lifestyle to complement a demanding, rewarding profession.
Location Benefits: Working in Lima means joining a tight-knit community with affordable living, excellent healthcare facilities, and opportunities to collaborate with seasoned perioperative teams. You’ll benefit from stable assignment support, streamlined onboarding, and access to resources designed to help traveling professionals thrive. The role also opens avenues to work in various locations across the U.S., delivering exposure to diverse hospital settings, equipment, and workflows. This breadth of experience strengthens your clinical judgment, enriches your professional network, and broadens your resume for future opportunities. You’ll encounter different sterilization systems, instrumentation inventories, and quality assurance protocols, all while maintaining a consistent, patient-centered approach to safety and efficiency.
Role Specifics and Benefits:
- Key responsibilities: Perform decontamination, sterilization, inspection, assembly, and packaging of instruments; operate and monitor sterilizers, washers, and related equipment; accurately track instrumentation through intake, processing, and distribution; maintain sterile processing areas in compliance with AAMI/ISO standards and infection control guidelines; document processing cycles, quality checks, and issue resolution; collaborate with OR teams, nurses, and surgeons to ensure timely instrument availability; participate in routine maintenance, recalls, and inventory control; pursue ongoing competency development and cross-training opportunities to broaden your technical proficiency.
- Growth and advancement: The role provides pathways for professional growth within sterile processing, with access to certifications, cross-training in advanced sterilization technologies, and potential leads for elevated responsibilities as vacancies arise in larger health systems across the U.S.
- Competitive benefits: In addition to competitive compensation, you’ll receive a sign-on bonus where applicable, housing assistance to ease transitions between assignments, and opportunities for contract extensions to continue your clinical impact. The travel model is designed to support sustained engagement with your specialty while allowing you to explore new hospital environments and patient populations.
- Comprehensive support: You’ll have 24/7 support from a dedicated travel team while you’re on assignment, ensuring help is available for housing, payroll, credentialing, and any on-site needs. The program emphasizes smooth onboarding, consistent communications, and rapid problem-solving to keep you focused on delivering high-quality sterile processing.
- Work-life integration: With guaranteed 40 hours per week, structured scheduling, and stable pay, you can plan personal time and explore the communities you visit, all while maintaining the professional rhythm essential to sterile processing work.
Company Values: Our partner organization is built on empowering staff through respect, continuous improvement, and a commitment to a supportive work environment. We invest in you—your development, your well-being, and your career trajectory—so you can advance with confidence while delivering exceptional patient care. Teamwork, accountability, and a patient-first mindset guide every decision, creating a workplace where your expertise is valued and your contributions matter.
Call to Action: If you’re ready to join a company that respects your skills, rewards your dedication, and champions your professional growth, apply today. This is your chance to shape perioperative excellence, gain nationwide experience, and thrive in a program designed to support your success from day one.
Please note: The hours and pay rates listed are estimates and may vary. Final compensation packages and guaranteed hours will be confirmed during the hiring process. Start date: 01/05/2026. Duration: weeks-long assignment with a 40-hour guarantee per week. Weekly pay: $1,668-$1,758. Location: Lima, Ohio, with opportunities to work at locations across the United States.
Ohio’s landscapes and charm are a backdrop to your daily work. The state’s mix of lakes, parks, and urban centers provides inviting places to unwind after shifts. In addition to Lima’s local appeal, Ohio features destinations that showcase history, nature, and vibrant dining and arts scenes. Whether you’re drawn to lakefront strolls, canyon-like wooded trails, or easy weekend getaways to nearby cities, the state offers a balanced lifestyle to complement a demanding, rewarding profession.
Location Benefits: Working in Lima means joining a tight-knit community with affordable living, excellent healthcare facilities, and opportunities to collaborate with seasoned perioperative teams. You’ll benefit from stable assignment support, streamlined onboarding, and access to resources designed to help traveling professionals thrive. The role also opens avenues to work in various locations across the U.S., delivering exposure to diverse hospital settings, equipment, and workflows. This breadth of experience strengthens your clinical judgment, enriches your professional network, and broadens your resume for future opportunities. You’ll encounter different sterilization systems, instrumentation inventories, and quality assurance protocols, all while maintaining a consistent, patient-centered approach to safety and efficiency.
Role Specifics and Benefits:
- Key responsibilities: Perform decontamination, sterilization, inspection, assembly, and packaging of instruments; operate and monitor sterilizers, washers, and related equipment; accurately track instrumentation through intake, processing, and distribution; maintain sterile processing areas in compliance with AAMI/ISO standards and infection control guidelines; document processing cycles, quality checks, and issue resolution; collaborate with OR teams, nurses, and surgeons to ensure timely instrument availability; participate in routine maintenance, recalls, and inventory control; pursue ongoing competency development and cross-training opportunities to broaden your technical proficiency.
- Growth and advancement: The role provides pathways for professional growth within sterile processing, with access to certifications, cross-training in advanced sterilization technologies, and potential leads for elevated responsibilities as vacancies arise in larger health systems across the U.S.
- Competitive benefits: In addition to competitive compensation, you’ll receive a sign-on bonus where applicable, housing assistance to ease transitions between assignments, and opportunities for contract extensions to continue your clinical impact. The travel model is designed to support sustained engagement with your specialty while allowing you to explore new hospital environments and patient populations.
- Comprehensive support: You’ll have 24/7 support from a dedicated travel team while you’re on assignment, ensuring help is available for housing, payroll, credentialing, and any on-site needs. The program emphasizes smooth onboarding, consistent communications, and rapid problem-solving to keep you focused on delivering high-quality sterile processing.
- Work-life integration: With guaranteed 40 hours per week, structured scheduling, and stable pay, you can plan personal time and explore the communities you visit, all while maintaining the professional rhythm essential to sterile processing work.
Company Values: Our partner organization is built on empowering staff through respect, continuous improvement, and a commitment to a supportive work environment. We invest in you—your development, your well-being, and your career trajectory—so you can advance with confidence while delivering exceptional patient care. Teamwork, accountability, and a patient-first mindset guide every decision, creating a workplace where your expertise is valued and your contributions matter.
Call to Action: If you’re ready to join a company that respects your skills, rewards your dedication, and champions your professional growth, apply today. This is your chance to shape perioperative excellence, gain nationwide experience, and thrive in a program designed to support your success from day one.
Please note: The hours and pay rates listed are estimates and may vary. Final compensation packages and guaranteed hours will be confirmed during the hiring process. Start date: 01/05/2026. Duration: weeks-long assignment with a 40-hour guarantee per week. Weekly pay: $1,668-$1,758. Location: Lima, Ohio, with opportunities to work at locations across the United States.
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