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FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Job Role Summary

The Sterile Processing Specialty Coordinator facilitates, and supervises the distribution, replenishment, receipt, and return of specialty/replacement clinic,ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instruments and supplies to the OR, dental clinics and other service provided areas; monitors instrument maintenance and repairs; and collaborates with the vendor representative.  Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health’s mission: Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi Health’s values of Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Development, and Excellence.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

•    Understands and is accountable for maintaining AAMI, OSAP and AORN standards, current clinical skills, and knowledge in multiple areas of practice
•    Adheres to and enforces hospital/departmental policies, procedures, and standards while demonstrating a professional and positive image
•    Recommends and supports policies and standards to ensure sterilization practices that meet the state and national standards
•    Assists with continuous education plans and implementation in collaboration with instrument room manager/Perioperative management
•    Works closely with Infection Prevention and Control to ensure infection controls standards are met
•    Decontaminates, assembles, and sterilizes clinic, ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instruments/implants/cassettes
•    Proficient in decontaminating, assembling, and sterilizing all instruments outside of the specialties
•    Supports consistent regulatory readiness for unit/area via rounding, coaching, and monitoring
•    Coordinates, facilitates, and supervises the distribution, replenishment, receipt, and return of specialty/replacement clinic, ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instruments and supplies to the OR Team Leads and Surgeons and/or dental ambulatory dental clinics
•    Monitors ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instrument maintenance and repairs
•    Provide education to SPD staff focusing on the reprocessing of ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instruments.
•    Collaborate with the ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instrument vendor representative to maintain inventory for cases
•    Coordinates vendor visitation in the instrument room
•    Initiates ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instrument process improvement activities that provide greater clinical reliability, improved functional use of space and resources that apply to instrument care and sterilization
•    Demonstrates effective communication skills in working with staff, physicians, and other departments, both internal and external, including verbal and non-verbal skills
 

Job Requirements

•    Completion of high school diploma or equivalent (GED)
•    2 years of hospital instrument technician experience
•    CRCST designation required (Certified, Registered, Central Service Technician) or CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution
•    One of the following additional certifications must be obtained within 1 year of hire: 
o    CST (Certified Surgical Technologist)
o    CIS (Certified Instrument Specialist)
o    CHL (Certified Hospital Leader)
o    CER (Certified Endoscope Reprocessor)
 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

•    Expert in clinic, ophthalmic, robotic/dental, and/or orthopedic instrumentation 
•    Organization and leadership skills and ability to communicate effectively with all levels of departmental/interdepartmental personnel.
•    Ability to routinely lift and move with 25-pound instrumentation sets and other heavy supplies and equipment.
•    Ability to use age-appropriate communication skills.
•    Knowledge of sterile technique principles, which are used in the preparation, sterilizing, packaging, distribution, receiving, and storage of sterile supplies.