Senior Instrumentation coordinator - Sterile Supply

The Ohio State University

About The Position

The Senior Instrumentation Coordinator prepares, sterilizes, installs, assembles, and/or cleans clinic and healthcare equipment used for surgeries, examinations, and medical procedures. The role ensures that equipment, instruments, and supplies are safely reusable and that sterilized, functioning supplies and instrumentation are packaged and delivered aseptically to their points of use. It serves as a clinical liaison between Operating Rooms and the offsite Central Sterile Supply location, tracking and allocating sterilized instrumentation across the Enterprise. The coordinator also procures and standardizes instrument trays across the Enterprise. The position coordinates and oversees daily activities between Operating Room and Sterile Processing Departments to support efficient case flow, including case cart assembly, decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and high-level disinfection of reprocessed surgical inventory. It assists with projects and process improvement, promotes customer service and patient satisfaction through communication with Operating Room clinical operations and multiple sterile processing departments, and orders, procures, and organizes instrument trays at an Enterprise-wide level. Work may take place across multiple reprocessing sites in the Health System, including Ross Heart Hospital, University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, Same Day Surgery, University Hospital East, and ambulatory sites.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED.
At least two years of experience as an instrument processor or Surgical Technologist.
CRCST certification issued through IAHCSMM, or CSPDT certification issued through CBSPD, required upon hire or to be obtained within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

Prepare, sterilize, install, assemble, and/or clean clinic and healthcare equipment used for surgeries, examinations, and medical procedures.
Ensure equipment, instruments, and supplies are safely reprocessed for reuse and that sterilized, functioning supplies and instrumentation are packaged and delivered aseptically to their points of use.
Serve as a clinical liaison between Operating Rooms and the offsite Central Sterile Supply location.
Track and allocate sterilized instrumentation across the Enterprise.
Procure and standardize instrument trays across the Enterprise.
Coordinate and oversee daily activities between Operating Room and Sterile Processing Departments to facilitate efficient case flow.
Support case cart assembly, decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and high-level disinfection of reprocessed surgical inventory.
Assist with projects and process improvement.
Promote customer service and patient satisfaction through effective communication with Operating Room clinical operations and multiple sterile processing departments.
Order, procure, and organize instrument trays for the Enterprise.