OR Center Core Technician (Full-Time)

CHS Children's Hospital and Health System, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Wisconsin is seeking a Center Core Technician to manage the central supply area between the operating room and staff, ensuring sterile instruments and supplies are ready for procedures. You will coordinate case carts, monitor instrument levels, and support turnover processes to uphold patient safety.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma and Sterile Processing experience, with strong organizational and communication skills to interact with surgical teams.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or GED/HSED.
• 2+ years Sterile Processing experience.
• Analytical ability to learn and differentiate different types of instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact with physicians, nursing staff and patients/families.
• Ability to stand and maneuver equipment for extended periods of time.
• Basic knowledge and skill of computer use.
• Strong sense of personal accountability, service orientation, sensitivity and responsiveness to the requests from departments and the pace and intensity unique to surgical service platform.
• Ability to critically think and problem solve, along with the ability prioritize and make decisions that directly impact patient care.
• Has a high degree of situational awareness.
• Ability to read doctor preference cards.

Responsibilities

• Completes and coordinates the delivery of case carts, instruments, supplies and equipment to the appropriate operating room, including identifying missing items from case carts and ensures they are made available prior to the start of the case.
• Monitors and maintains proper levels of surgical instruments kept in the center core.
• Assists with the loaning/borrowing of supplies, instruments and equipment for surgical procedures.
• Coordinates the reprocessing of turnover items.
• Reads doctor preference cards and locates appropriate supplies.
• Tracks instruments in SPM.
• Restocks supplies and instruments on specialty carts.
• Transports requested instruments to ORs from elevator; Returns unused supplies and instruments from center core.

Skills

Analytical ability

Interpersonal & communication

Read doctor preference cards

Stand and maneuver equipment

Basic computer use

Situational awareness

Prioritize & decision making

Education

High School diploma or GED/HSED

Job description

Children's Wisconsin is seeking a Center Core Technician to manage the central supply area between the operating room and staff, ensuring sterile instruments and supplies are ready for procedures. You will coordinate case carts, monitor instrument levels, and support turnover processes to uphold patient safety.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma and Sterile Processing experience, with strong organizational and communication skills to interact with surgical teams.