Sterile Processing Speciality Coordinator

3 weeks ago

Indianapolis, United States Eskenazi Health Full time
Division:Eskenazi Health

Sub-Division: Hospital

Req ID: 22142

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Evening

Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus including at a network of Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.

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.

Accredited by The Joint Commission and named as one of Indiana's best employers by Forbes magazine for two consecutive years and the top hospital in the state for community benefit by the Lown Institute , Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana and Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the first community mental health center in Indiana, just to name a few.

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