Sterile Processing Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Prepares and sterilizes surgical instruments and supplies according to established procedures and techniques.
• Assembles special procedure trays, surgical instrument trays and case carts.
• Delivers sterilized supplies to, and retrieves used supplies and trays from hospital department and clinic locations.
• Inspections and ensures proper functioning of instruments and equipment.
• Facilitates the replenishment of low, broken or missing items.
• Documents patient charges for the use of supplies and procedure trays.
• Restocks labels and maintains inventory; submits requisitions; collects, distributes instrument trays, carts and facility medical supplies.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, and verifies the repair or replacement of defective equipment.
• Sorts sets of instruments, trays and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in sterilization methods, instrumentation, sterilization standards.
• Troubleshoots the instrumentation needs of the OR and other departments as necessary.
• Serves as an expert in sterile processing database programs.
• May order supplies, as needed.

Requirements

• Three (3) years of sterile processing experience.
• One (1) of the following certifications from the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA): Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS), Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER), or Certified Healthcare Leadership (CHL).
• Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER), Certified Surgical Instrument Specialist (CSIS), or Certified Sterile Processing Management (CSPM) from the Certification Board of Sterile Processing & Distribution (CBSPD).

Qualifications

• Working Conditions and Physical Demands: Intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds any may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects. Exposure to potentially dangerous contaminated body fluids, used needles, razor blades, knives, bone shavings, pieces of glass, and other contaminants as part of the daily hazards of the job.
• Physical Requirements: Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Non Indicated, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking.