Skip to content

Surgical

Central Service Technician

Hospital Sisters Health System logoHospital Sisters Health System$19.50–$28.28/hrSpringfield, ILFull timePosted 2w agoStill open, checked every night

How this pay compares

This posting states $19.50–$28.28 an hour. Open sterile processing technician jobs in Illinois post a median of $24.86 an hour, the middle half $22.87–$27.12, across 29 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Sterile processing technicians employed in Illinois earn a median of $23.10 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

Sterile processing technicians in Illinois: pay by town and employer

The Surgical Techs & Sterile Processing job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

Workplace injuries

SJS-SPRINGFIELD-2 HSHS ST. JOHN S HOSPITAL in SPRINGFIELD reported 145 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 3,519,277 hours worked: 8.2 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.0 per 100 full-time workers at hospitals, general medical and surgicalnationwide. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.

Medicare rating of St Johns Hospital

Medicare gives St Johns Hospital 2 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Illinois's hospitals average 3.0). 73% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Illinois hospitals by rating.

Surgical tech and sterile processing jobs in our research

  • How long these jobs stay listed: Median days to removal 21.0 days · Still listed at 7 days 72.6%
  • Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 1.38x · Clicks 22
  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 51.2% · Stating an hourly rate 38.5%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Surgical tech and sterile processing jobs

About the job

Pay Range

$19.50 - $28.28

A successful candidate's actual pay rate will be based on several factors including relevant experience, skills, training, certifications and education.

Performs a variety of sterile processing functions. Assures proper decontamination, quality assurance, sterilization of equipment and distribution of sterile surgical instrumentation to areas throughout the affiliate and outside service contracts to ensure quality patient care and safety. Identifies and remedies equipment failures and hazards posing potential risks to patients.

Position Specifics:

o Department: Central Sterile

o Core Function: Surgical

o Schedule: Full time - Evening Shift 3:00pm - 11:30pm

o Facility: St. John’s Hospital

o Location: Springfield, IL

o Compensation aligned with your experience

Education Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED is preferred.

Experience Qualifications

  • 1 year of sterile processing experience is preferred. Knowledge of nursing procedures, aseptic technique, medical terminology, and infection control is preferred.

Certifications, Licenses and Registrations

  • WI-Certified and Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) is preferred.
  • IL-Certified and Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) is required within 18 months of employment.

Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 13 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 13,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.

Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a healthcare system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.

Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.

Benefits: HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits.

  • Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.
  • Retirement benefits including HSHS

contributions.

  • Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.
  • Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
  • Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!

Benefits

HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Hiring Process

Hospital Sisters may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence or machine-learning technologies, to assist with certain administrative aspects of the recruitment process. These tools may help our recruiting team organize applications, search for resumes, identify qualifications reflected in application materials, and facilitate communications or scheduling with applicants.

Information used by these tools may include materials you provide during the application process, such as your resume, work history, education, qualifications, and responses to application questions.

These tools are used only to support our recruiting process. Hiring decisions are made by HSHS personnel, and automated tools do not make employment decisions on behalf of HSHS.

Applicants who have questions about this notice or who require a reasonable accommodation or alternative evaluation method may contact HSHS Human Resources at Contact@hshs.org

From Hospital Sisters Health System's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →
  • AHS Staffing logo

    AHS StaffingTravel nursing agency

    Places travel and local contract nurses and allied professionals.

    Places: Nurses, CNAs & PCTs, Therapy & rehab, Mental health

  • Cross Country Healthcare logo

    Cross Country HealthcareTravel nursing agency

    A national staffing company placing travel nurses, allied professionals, therapists and locum tenens providers, with local and per diem work too.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New surgical tech and sterile processing jobs in Illinois, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About Hospital Sisters Health System

Hospital Sisters Health System hires nurses, nursing assistants and therapists in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Hires in Illinois, WisconsinPay on its listings: 89.8% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More open jobs at Hospital Sisters Health System

More surgical tech and sterile processing jobs

A certified surgical technologist?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

Hospital Sisters Health System openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from Hospital Sisters Health System's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.