Sterile Processing Technician (SPD) — Milwaukee, WI
Shift Information M-F 7a-330p
About the facility
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Beds: 933
Level III Trauma Center and Level III NICU
Magnet-designated
Comprehensive Stroke Center
Unit overview
Department: Sterile Processing (supports Day Surgery, OR, CVOR)
OR volume: Supports 20+ operating rooms
Pace: Very busy, fast-paced surgical environment
Schedule cycle: Monday–Friday
Shift length: 8 hours (Days 07:00–15:30, Mids 15:00–23:30, Nights 23:00–07:30)
Breaks: One 30-minute lunch and one 15-minute break per shift
Weekend rotation: None; no on-call; no holiday expectations
Parking: Free
Scrubs supplied; locker and lock provided
Required experience & acceptance
Minimum: 3 years acute care experience
First-time travelers: Accepted
Patient types / common procedures
Heavy orthopedics (total joints, sports medicine, trauma)
Neurosurgery (AVMs, shunts, EVDs, craniectomies)
ENT (stealth sinus, T&A), spine, plastics, vascular
Minimally invasive: laparoscopic, Da Vinci robotic
GI, GU, OBGYN procedures
Required credentials
No specific license or national certification required
Core responsibilities & skills
Decontamination, assembly, processing of instruments and trays
Process loaner pans/trays
No case picking responsibilities
Daily rotation through specialties (will spend one day in each)
Endoscopes: No flexible endoscope processing except bronchoscopy scopes and ureteroscopes
Team & support
Always work with other sterile processing techs (never solo)
Lead Tech and Liaison assigned each shift
Educator coverage for days and evenings; Manager/Supervisor on day shift
Technology & equipment
EMR: Epic
Tracking system: SPM
Station equipment: Steris brand SPT equipment, microscopes, blacklights, magnifiers at inspection stations
Orientation
Facility orientation: NEO
Unit orientation: Up to 1 week
Additional notes
Floating: No
Approval for RTO: Manager approval required
Unit culture: Supportive team structure with leadership and educator resources
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