Instrument Coordinator - Sterile Processing - Full Time - Days

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Location: Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge St, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, varying hours

Performs various duties related to surgical instruments. Purchasing, set assembly, set assignment, par levels, set maintenance, maintaining instrument tracking system, coordinating in-services, consignment inventory, loaner set process (checking sets in and out), and instrument set quality checks.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Performs the duties of instrument maintenance, repair or replacement.

Assist with instrument vendor selection for quality and price.

Builds sets for all services. Reduces set inventory as necessary.

Purchases instruments and assigns instruments to sets and to selected services.

Establishes par levels for back stock instruments.

Maintains instrument par levels to the established levels.

Maintains the instrument tracking system.

Coordinates in-services on instrument care/handling.

Coordinates all loaner sets.

Maintains set consignment inventory.

Conducts quality checks on instrument sets.

Processes instrument sets.

Schedule:

40 hours per week, varying hours

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) required.

Experience

• 3-5 years experience in a surgical environment such as an operating room required.

License/Certifications

• Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT), Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Requires knowledge of surgical instrumentation.
• Able to interpret Instructions For Use (IFU).
• Understanding of instrument sterilization.
• Able to use computer programs, Microsoft Office Suite, and instrument tracking program.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Balancing
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Distinguish Colors
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Reaching
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc.)
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Rare (1-33%):
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.