Sterile Services Technician — Observer Programme

Current: v2.0 · Last edited: 2026-03-24

Sterile Services Technician — Invisible Work That Saves Lives

Decontaminating, inspecting, packing surgical instruments — your process keeps every theatre safe. Now you can get paid for it.

The Observer Programme pays sterile services technicians to record their shifts using lightweight smart glasses.

How it works

• Wear smart glasses during your shift
• Record sessions from 30 minutes up
• Spend a few minutes after each session confirming what tasks you did
• Get paid per recorded minute
• All recordings are anonymised

What you'll earn

€15–€18 per recorded hour

€60–€72 per recording day (based on ~4 hours)

€900–€1,100 per month (based on 20 recording days)

First Observers earn a launch bonus.

What we're looking for

• 1+ years of sterile services experience
• Currently working in a decontamination or sterile services department
• Hands-on work: instrument decontamination, inspection, pack assembly, endoscope reprocessing
• Smartphone (iOS or Android)

We provide everything

• Smart glasses — shipped to you, pre-configured
• Full onboarding (~30 minutes)

About the Observer Programme

The Observer Programme by Aisthis works with professionals across 100+ trades to document how skilled work actually happens.

Applications are reviewed with the help of AI. We'll be in touch if there's a match.