Lead Sterile Processing Technician

Job overview

The Lead Sterile Processing Technician role is an onsite, full-time employee position in North Charleston, SC, with 40 scheduled hours per week. Compensation is not specified in the source. The role supports the Medical University Hospital Authority’s Sterile Processing department at its Consolidated Service Center. The lead technician guides daily sterile processing operations to ensure instruments, trays, and equipment are decontaminated, assembled, sterilized, and distributed according to regulatory and hospital standards. The role also supports training, quality assurance, workflow coordination, and team development.

What you'll do

• Provide day-to-day guidance and oversight of sterile processing operations
• support training, quality assurance, and workflow coordination
• help ensure instruments, trays, and equipment are properly decontaminated, assembled, sterilized, and distributed in accordance with regulatory and hospital standards
• serve as a mentor and resource to team members.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead sterile processing technician

north charleston sc

musc

sterile processing

instrument decontamination

instrument assembly

sterilization

quality assurance

workflow coordination

crcst

hspa

cbspd

hospital standards

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires a high school diploma or GED, current CRCST certification from HSPA or CBSPD certification, and at least two years of sterile processing experience. Advanced CIS, CER, or CHL certification is preferred; rotating shifts and overtime may be required.

About the employer

MUSC is hiring for this role. Industry: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals. Sector: 62.