- Company: Aya Healthcare
- Location: Cookeville, Putnam County
- Full Time
- Cookeville, Putnam County
- Apply on company site
- $1,132–$1,361/yr
Aya Healthcare at a glance
ayahealthcare.comSEC filings mentioning "Aya Healthcare": 48 — search EDGAR
Federal funding recipient: largest known award $2.3M from the Department of Health and Human Services (started Apr 8, 2020) — via USAspending.gov
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Looking to advance your career as a Travel Sterile Processing Tech in Cookeville, TN? Aya Healthcare is hiring a skilled Sterile Processing Technician (SPT) for a full-time, 13-week travel contract supporting surgical teams at a Putnam County facility.
About the Role
As a Travel Sterile Processing Tech in Cookeville, TN, you will play a vital part in patient safety by decontaminating, inspecting, and preparing the surgical instruments that operating room and procedural teams depend on every day. This evening-shift assignment runs five days per week at eight hours per day, with weekly pay ranging from $1,132 to $1,361 and a contract start date of July 13, 2026.
Key Responsibilities
- Clean, decontaminate, and sterilize surgical instruments and medical equipment following established protocols
- Assemble, wrap, and package instrument trays for upcoming procedures
- Inspect tools for proper function and integrity before they reach the sterile field
- Operate and monitor sterilization equipment while documenting cycles accurately
- Maintain organized inventory and ensure supplies are stocked and ready for clinical teams
- Adhere to infection control standards and regulatory requirements at all times
Qualifications
- Proven experience working as a Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) in a hospital or surgical setting
- Working knowledge of decontamination, sterilization, and instrument-handling procedures
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to patient safety
- Flexibility to work an evening schedule and travel for a 13-week assignment in Cookeville, TN
- Relevant certification consistent with sterile processing standards, where required
About Aya Healthcare
Aya Healthcare connects dedicated healthcare professionals with rewarding travel assignments nationwide. The team partners with you to find roles that match your goals and helps you build the healthcare career you have always wanted, one contract at a time.
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- Aya: An open LLM by 3k independent researchers across the globe
- The Myth of the Post-Documentation Era
- I Finally Built the Dev Opportunity Radar Website ❤️
- Porting Gemma-4 (2B / 4B / 12B) to AWS Inferentia2
- A lot of good points here https://antirez.com/news/169
- Building an Agentic FinOps Platform — Development Environment Setup, Google Antigravity, MCPs and Skills, and ADK Bootstrapping with Agents
Recent news
- Five Takeaways for California Employers from the Ninth Circuit’s Arbitration Ruling in O’Dell v. Aya Healthcare Services - California Employment Law Report
- Cross Country Healthcare to be taken private by PE firm for $437M - Healthcare Dive
- Ninth Circuit Stops Class-Wide Abuse of Adverse Arbitration Decisions in Win for Employers - CDF Labor Law LLP
- Courts Must Evaluate Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements Individually - California Employment Law Update
- Aya Healthcare walks away from proposed $615M merger with Cross Country Healthcare - Fierce Healthcare
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Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. Accor
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National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Cost of living in Tennessee: 8.1% below the national average — via BEA
Median household income in Putnam County: $56,537 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Nearby history: Arcade, The, listed 1979 (46m away) — via National Register of Historic Places
Typical climate: average high 69°F / low 45°F year-round (summers around 86°F, winters around 27°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Walkability: Below average walkable (9.2/20) — via EPA National Walkability Index
Typical rent nearby: $818/mo (1BR) · $1,014/mo (2BR) — via HUD Fair Market Rents
- Elevation 342m (1,122 ft)
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- Role Travel Sterile Processing Tech – $1,132 to $1,361 per week in Cookeville, TN
- Employer Aya Healthcare
- Location Cookeville, Putnam County
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) $1,132–$1,361/yr
- Posted June 18, 2026
- Apply by 2026-07-29
- Country context US
- Overview Full original description on this page (309 words; rewritten for clarity, not a teaser paste)
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- Hacker News — Aya: An open LLM by 3k independent researchers across the globe
- Dev.to — The Myth of the Post-Documentation Era
- Dev.to — I Finally Built the Dev Opportunity Radar Website ❤️
- Dev.to — Porting Gemma-4 (2B / 4B / 12B) to AWS Inferentia2
- Dev.to — A lot of good points here https://antirez.com/news/169
- Dev.to — Building an Agentic FinOps Platform — Development Environment Setup, Google Antigravity, MCPs and Skills, and ADK Bootst…
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