CRCST · CA
Bay Area hospital campuses around Santa Clara post sterile processing openings with strong benefits packages. Competition is higher; certification and recent OR support experience help applications stand out.
SterileBoard lists public hospital openings and paid employer placements. You apply on the employer’s own site — we do not run the hiring process. Hospitals hiring in Santa Clara can post a job for 30 days on this board.
Santa Clara, CA
Sutter Health
Full-time Sterile Processing Technician II with Palo Alto Medical Foundation / Sutter Health performing standardized instrument processing and decontamination to prevent infection. Live Sutter Workda…
Santa Clara, CA
Kaiser Permanente
Full-time evening certified Tech II at Santa Clara Hospital processing OR instruments, trays, and reusable equipment under infection-control standards. Requires one year instrument-processing experie…
Most Santa Clara, CA sterile processing departments look for technicians who can move trays from decontamination through assembly, sterilization, and sterile storage without cutting corners. CRCST (HSPA) and CSPDT (CBSPD) are the credentials employers cite most often; some systems will hire trainees who agree to certify within a set period.
When you compare openings, note shift (days, evenings, nights), whether call is required, endoscope or robotics experience, and whether the role sits in a main SPD or a satellite reprocessing area. Pay varies by hospital system and shift differential — see our salary basics guide for a national framing, then confirm numbers on each employer posting.
New to the field? Start with how to get hired as a CRCST and CRCST vs CSPDT.