Sterile Processing OR Liaison - Central Processing Department

experiencedAlliedHealth; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill is seeking a Full-Time Sterile Processing Technician to support the Operating Room and Central Sterile Services. You will coordinate daily case flow and ensure instruments are properly prepared for next-day calls and weekend cases.

Two years of sterile processing experience and SPD certification are required. This position is onsite, daytime schedule, 40 hours per week, with a pay range of $19.98 to $28.54 per hour and UNC Health benefits.

Qualifications

• Two years of sterile processing experience.
• SPD Certification required.
• Education not required as long as other position qualifications are met.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily activities between the OR and Central Sterile Services to facilitate efficient case flow.
• Manage inventory replacement and ensure instrument availability for cases.
• Discuss SPD needs with OR staff and surgeons as needed.
• Verify that required instrumentation has been sterilized and is available for next-day, call or weekend cases.
• Document inventory, equipment requests, instrument sets, and related records.

Skills

Sterile processing

Job description

Job Description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary: This position coordinates daily activities between the Operating Room and Central Sterile Services to facilitate efficient case flow.

Responsibilities:

• 1. Performs inventory replacement procedures.
• 2. Ensures continuity and quality of services by providing support services in the O.R. suite.
• 3. Meets with Operating Room staff and surgeons as needed to discuss SPD needs.
• 4. Communicates with SPD staff prior to cases to ascertain specific instrument and supply needs and ensures these items are available.
• 5. Responds to problem calls from in the OR and resolve issues in an expeditious manner.
• 6. Ensures delivery of sterilized instrumentation to the OR area as needed.
• 7. Serve as a liaison with the Instrument Coordinator to ensure instruments are maintained/repaired as needed and available for cases.
• 8. Ensures all instruments are properly arranged in instrument trays and have no broken insulation or broken operational parts.
• 9. Verifies that required instrumentation has been sterilized and is available for next-day, call or weekend cases.
• 10. Completes documentation as required for inventory, equipment requests, instrument sets, etc.
• 11. Consistently conveys that customers are the highest priority and communicates in a manner that promotes and sustains customer satisfaction and encourages others to do the same.
• 12. Responsible for service level data collection.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• None required as long as other position qualifications are met.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• SPD Certification Required.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• Two (2) years of sterile processing experience.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Central Processing Department

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $19.98 - $28.54 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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