Center Core Technician - 1.0 FTE

About the role

We are seeking a Center Core Technician who will play a vital role in patient care by managing the central supply area (core) between operating rooms. This role involves moving equipment, ensuring surgeons and operating room staff have the necessary sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies, and supporting surgical efficiency and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Completes and coordinates the delivery of case carts, instruments, supplies and equipment to the appropriate operating room, including identifying missing items from case carts and ensuring they are made available prior to the start of the case.
• Maintains proper levels of surgical instruments kept in the center core.
• Aids in the loaning/borrowing of supplies, instruments and equipment for surgical procedures.
• Captures and coordinates the reprocessing of turnover items.
• Reads doctor preference cards and locates appropriate supplies.
• Tracks instruments in SPM.
• Restocks supplies and instruments on specialty carts.
• Transports requested instruments to ORs from elevator; returns unused supplies and instruments from center core.

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• 2+ years Sterile Processing experience.
• Analytical ability to learn and differentiate different types of instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact with physicians, nursing staff and patients/families.
• Ability to stand and maneuver equipment for extended periods of time.
• Basic knowledge and skill of computer use.
• Strong sense of personal accountability, service orientation, sensitivity and responsiveness to the requests from departments and the pace and intensity unique to surgical service platform.
• Ability to critically think and problem solve, along with the ability to prioritize and make decisions that directly impact patient care.
• A high degree of situational awareness.
• Ability to read doctor preference cards.

Qualifications

• Two positions available to work (no weekends/no on call): one position - 7am-3pm, one position - 9am-5pm.

Skills

• Organizational skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Physical stamina and mobility.

Benefits

Children's Wisconsin offers a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees.

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