Instrumentation Coordinator - Sterile Processing - New Albany

Wexner Medical Center; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wexner Medical Center seeks an Instrumentation Coordinator to streamline surgical instrumentation across the enterprise. You will coordinate daily activities between the Operating Room and Sterile Processing, ensuring timely decontamination, assembly, and sterilization of instruments.

You will also procure and organize instrument trays globally, support process improvements, and maintain high standards of infection control and customer service across multiple sites including Ross Heart Hospital

Qualifications

• HS Graduate or equivalent.
• At least one year of experience as an instrument processor or Surgical Technologist.
• CRCST certification issued through IAHCSMM or CBSPD required within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily activities between the Operating Room and Sterile Processing to facilitate efficient case flow.
• Oversee decontamination, assembly, sterilization / high-level disinfection of all reprocessed surgical inventory.
• Order, procure, and organize instrument trays on a global level to service the entire Enterprise.
• Promote customer service and patient satisfaction through effective communication with Operating Room operations and sterile processing departments across the Medical Center.

Skills

Instrument processing

Surgical Technologist

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Scope of Position

Instrumentation Coordinator works to prepare, sterilize, install, assemble, or clean all clinic or healthcare equipment required for surgeries, examinations, and medical procedures. The Coordinator ensures equipment, instruments, and supplies can be reused safely to prevent infections. This position is for ensuring sterilized, appropriately functioning medical supplies and instrumentation are packaged and delivered to the point of use aseptically. Additionally, this role serves as a clinical liaison between the Operating Rooms and the CSS offsite location to track and allocate sterilized instrumentation across the Enterprise. The position will also be responsible for procuring and standardizing instrument trays across the Enterprise and will be utilized 24/7 in multiple reprocessing sites across the Health System, including Ross Heart Hospital, University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, Same Day Surgery, University Hospital East and all Ambulatory sites.

Position Summary

Coordination and oversight of daily activities between the Operating Room and Sterile Processing Departments to facilitate efficient case flow, through efficient case cart assembly, decontamination, assembly and sterilization / high‑level disinfection of all reprocessed surgical inventory. Responsible for assisting in projects and process improvement. Promotes customer service and patient satisfaction through effective communication with Operating Room clinical operations and multiple sterile processing departments across the Medical Center. Also responsible for ordering, procuring and organizing instrument trays on a global level to service the entire Enterprise.

Minimum Education Required

HS Graduate or equivalent.

Required Qualifications

High school graduate or G.E.D. At least one year of experience as an instrument processor or Surgical Technologist. CRCST certification issued through IAHCSMM or CBSPD required upon hire, or must obtain within the first six months of hire.

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