Resource Coordinator Sterile Processing

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Winfield, IL

8d • $26 - $35

About The Position

The Resource Coordinator Sterile Processing supports quality patient care and coordinates staffing, workflow, and resources for Sterile Processing and Operating Room (OR) services on the assigned shift. The role prioritizes and adjusts staff assignments to meet patient-care demands, including patient volume, trauma emergencies, and staffing vacancies, and helps ensure timely and accurate delivery of OR equipment, supplies, and case carts. The coordinator works with department staff, OR teams, vendors, and other hospital departments, serving as a resource and promoting teamwork and effective communication.

The position supports quality assurance, staff education, orientation, training, and employee development. It conducts daily OR and Sterile Processing rounds and audits, documents findings, monitors processing and sterilization records, and communicates critical issues to the manager. The coordinator also oversees instrument and equipment workflows, inventory, instrument tracking, loaner requests, repairs, replacement, purchases, and related documentation. The role helps maintain department policies, instructions for use, communication boards, safe work areas, and compliance with infection control and other regulatory standards.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certification from either CBSPD or IAHCSMM and maintenance of certification.
• Five or more years of experience in a Sterile Processing Department.
• Experience and knowledge of surgical instrumentation.
• Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, basic microbiology, and a variety of OR surgical procedures.
• At least one year of supervisory or coordinator experience in Sterile Processing or a related field.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

• IAHCSMM Instrument Specialist certification.
• CHL (Healthcare Leadership).

Responsibilities

• Support and enable the delivery of quality patient care.
• Direct, prioritize, and adjust staff work assignments for the assigned shift to ensure timely and accurate delivery of OR equipment, supplies, and case carts.
• Assign staff duties to meet patient-care demands, patient volume, trauma emergencies, and staff vacancies.
• Interact with hospital departments, physician offices, and vendors to assist with department operations.
• Promote a positive first impression and serve as a resource for department personnel, clinic personnel, vendor representatives, guests, staff, and end-users.
• Encourage teamwork and effective communication in support of Northwestern Medicine and department objectives.
• Support department quality assurance programs and promptly communicate problems and critical issues to the manager.
• Help assess employee strengths, development needs, and performance; provide feedback to the Sterile Processing Manager.
• Identify learning needs related to decontamination, assembly, sterilization, inventory storage, and OR case cart distribution.
• Assist with education, policy reviews and revisions, competencies, quality assurance, and daily rounds.
• Promote staff education and certification and assist with orientation and training of new and existing staff.
• Perform daily OR and Sterile Processing rounds, audit documentation and case cart instrument and supply requirements, and document and report findings.
• Audit decontamination equipment testing results and sterilization records or printouts; document and report findings and store records according to department policy.
• Coordinate instrument processing, turnaround activities, and workflow, communicating with OR and vendor representatives as needed.
• Monitor supply and equipment utilization, efficiency, cost containment, and timely reordering of instruments, fracture implants, robotic supplies, and department supplies; support recycling programs.
• Maintain the communication board and instructions-for-use files, and assist with reviewing and updating manufacturers’ instructions.
• May act as liaison between the OR and Sterile Processing.
• Assist with selecting new team members.
• Work with the OR to develop and revise instrument trays and order instruments as needed.
• Assist with new instrument reviews, purchases, replacement, refurbishment, and repairs, and maintain documentation.
• Maintain the instrument tracking system, including building and revising instrument count sheets.
• Monitor loaner instrumentation and equipment requests and reprocessing.
• Coordinate with NM Materials Management on inventory control and evaluation and procurement of new product requests; assist with recycling programs.
• Report equipment irregularities and failures promptly and coordinate service or maintenance follow-up.
• Assist with reviewing and updating policies and procedures, making necessary changes, and enforcing them.
• Help provide guidance for new and one-time-use items.
• Ensure work areas and equipment are cleaned and maintained according to infection-control standards and comply with regulatory, environmental, safety, hazardous-materials, and infection-control policies.
• Orient new employees to work areas and department operations, complete required orientation documentation, provide progress feedback, and provide input to the manager for annual performance reviews or action plans.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Loan forgiveness.
• 401(k) matching.
• Benefits intended to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED