Sterile processing technician jobs in Alaska

Too few open sterile processing technician jobs in Alaska post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $24.00/hr ($49,920 a year) for medical equipment preparers in Alaska (May 2025), against $22.93 nationally, 10th highest of 52 states and territories.

Anchorage (4), Fairbanks (1), Palmer (1) and Sitka (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

By open jobs on this board: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (4), CHS (Community Health Systems) (1) and Foundation Health Partners (1). In all, 4 employers have sterile processing technician jobs open in Alaska.

7 sterile processing technician jobs are open in Alaska today at 4 employers on this board, about 32 for every 1,000 sterile processing technicians employed there (BLS counts 220, May 2025). Across the US, BLS projects employment of medical equipment preparers to grow 10.8% over 2025-2035.

5 of the open surgical tech and sterile processing jobs here say so in their own posting: Surgical Technologist First Assistant (STFA) at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (PREFERRED CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION); Surgical Tech FT at CHS (Community Health Systems) (CST - Certified Surgical Technologist preferred); Surgical Tech PRN at CHS (Community Health Systems) (CST - Certified Surgical Technologist preferred). Every such job in Alaska.

3 of the open surgical tech and sterile processing jobs here say so in their own posting: Surgical Technician - Providence Alaska Medical Center at Providence ($10,000 sign-on bonus); Surgical Technician Temporary - Providence Kodiak Island at Providence ($10,000 sign-on bonus); Surgical Technologist at SEARHC ($25,000 sign-on bonus).

4 of the open surgical tech and sterile processing jobs here say so in their own posting: Sterile Processing Senior Manager at Foundation Health (...live, work and play. Pay & Benefits Compensation: $36.44-$58.30/hr. Relocation Assistance: $7500.00...); Surgical Technician - Providence Alaska Medical Center at Providence (...hires that meet required qualifications and conditions for payment. Relocation Assistance available for...); Surgical Technician Temporary - Providence Kodiak Island at Providence (...hires that meet required qualifications and conditions for payment. Relocation Assistance available for...). Every such job in Alaska.

A high school diploma and a sterile processing course or on-the-job training. Certified registered central service technician (CRCST) (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association; required by law in a few states; most hospitals ask for it) and Certified sterile processing and distribution technician (CSPDT) (Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Alaska's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

Of the employers hiring sterile processing technicians in Alaska, the hospitals Medicare rates highest (Jul 2026): Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer (CHS (Community Health Systems), 3 of 5, 80% said nurses always communicated well) and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Sitka (SEARHC, 3 of 5); Alaska's rated hospitals average 2.9 stars. Every Alaska hospital hiring here, by rating. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

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