Surgical Instrument Room Specialist

About the role

The Surgical Instrument Room Specialist plays a crucial role in the sterile processing department, ensuring all surgical instrumentation is properly decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, and/or high-level disinfected. This position requires independent work alongside team members to distribute, track, and store instruments safely, aseptically, and promptly within the surgery center and clinics. Specific roles may also involve surgical case cart assembly and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all surgical instrumentation is properly decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, and/or high-level disinfected.
• Distribute, track, and store instruments in a safe, secure, aseptic, and timely manner.
• Perform immediate-use steam sterilization, tray turnovers between surgical cases, and releasing sterilized loads from the department.
• Assemble and deliver surgical case carts as needed.
• Train and serve as a front-line resource to sterile processing customers.

Requirements

• Central Service/Sterile Processing/or Surgical Technology program certification with hands-on clinical experience.
• Current certification from either CBSPD: C.S.P.D.T. or IAHCSMM: C.R.C.S.T. 18 months from the date of hire.
• Park Nicollet team members with 10 consecutive years of employment prior to 2015 and no lapses in employment as Instrument Room Aide/Sterile Processing Department Technician (9AT) and/or Lead Sterile Processing Technician (116-030) may not be required to obtain certification.
• Word processing knowledge, typing, data entry, strong communication skills – verbal and written.
• One year of central service/sterile processing/surgical technology experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Central Service/Sterile Processing/or Surgical Technology program certification with hands-on clinical experience.
• Current certification from either CBSPD: C.S.P.D.T. or IAHCSMM: C.R.C.S.T. 18 months from the date of hire.
• Park Nicollet team members with 10 consecutive years of employment prior to 2015 and no lapses in employment as Instrument Room Aide/Sterile Processing Department Technician (9AT) and/or Lead Sterile Processing Technician (116-030) may not be required to obtain certification.
• Word processing knowledge, typing, data entry, strong communication skills – verbal and written.
• One year of central service/sterile processing/surgical technology experience preferred.

Skills

• Strong communication skills – verbal and written.

Benefits

Park Nicollet offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, a retirement program, time away from work, insurance options, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, onsite clinic, and much more!

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job description.

Schedule

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, eight-hour shifts. Department coverage hours are 0600–1930. Occasional Saturday shifts may be required based on operational needs.