Sterile Supply Associate

Nebraska Medicine • Omaha, NE

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Serious Medicine is what we do. Being extraordinary is who we are. Every colleague plays a key role in upholding this promise to our patients and their families. Shift: First Shift (United States of America) Sterile Supply Associate - Integrated Services Center - Full-time Position Highlights: Nebraska Medicine is now taking applications for a talented individual to join us as a Sterile Supply Associate at our Integrated Services Center, in Omaha NE. The Sterile Supply Associate will be responsible for inspecting, cleaning and sterilizing instruments. Shift: Full Time and benefits eligible (1.0 FTE / 40 hours per week) Monday – Friday / 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM Training on 1st shift for the first 3-4 weeks. Location: Integrated Service Center, Omaha NE If you have questions about applying for this Sterile Supply Associate role you can contact our TA Partner, Rohit Shinde at [email protected] Why Work With Nebraska Medicine? Together. Extraordinary. Join a team that values your skills, delivering exceptional care through collaboration. Leading Health Network Work with the region’s top academic health network, partnering with UNMC to transform lives through education, research, and patient care. Diversity and Inclusion We value diverse backgrounds and experiences, reflecting the communities we serve. Educational Support Enjoy up to $5,000/year in tuition assistance, a 35% discount at Clarkson College, and career advancement opportunities with covered educational costs. Be part of something extraordinary with Nebraska Medicine! Sterile Supply Associate Details: An essential healthcare role that is focused on handling sterile products while constructing surgical case carts. Critical to the perioperative setting to ensure superior infection control methods are followed to enhance patient safety by handling surgical instruments, equipment and medical supplies with sterile techniques to ensure the integrity of the product is maintained. Assure supplies and instruments are stocked and pulled for cases in an efficient and accurate manner assuring all requested product is available to accommodate all cases. Have knowledge of several types of surgical instruments, sterilizers methods and decontamination equipment. Provide support to the Perioperative services staff and serves as a product specialist to surgical services for the organization. Nebraska Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and protected veterans’ status. Nebraska Medicine includes two hospitals, the state's largest and highest rated Nebraska Medical Center and Bellevue Medical Center, along with more than 70 primary care and specialty clinics. Nebraska Medicine and our research and education partner, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), share the same mission: to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care. Every colleague plays a key role in upholding our promise of “Serious Medicine, Extraordinary Care” to our patients and their families. Working with Nebraska Medicine means committing to meaningful, impactful work that will elevate the success of your fellow colleagues and will help our patients and their families feel comfortable, confident and cared for. Use this tool to search for jobs with Nebraska Medicine. Opportunities include full-time, part-time and casual positions in patient care, nursing, nursing support, allied health, diagnostics, administration, customer service, facilities, IT and more. If you are seeking Physician Opportunities, please visit NebraskaMed.com/Careers/Physician-opportunities For opportunities in Food and Environmental Services, please visit NebraskaMed.com/Careers/Food-environmental-services The option to create an automated alert of new job postings is available to candidates. You must create/sign in to our external career site by clicking “Sign In” in the top right corner of the page. If you have not created a sign in yet, please follow the directions on the page. A confirmation email will be sent that you must confirm before any job alerts will be sent daily when a new job requisition is posted that meets your job alert criteria.

Requirements

• Minimum of 18 years of age required.
• High school education or equivalent required.
• Written and verbal communication skills required.

Nice To Haves

• Sterile processing experience or surgical technologist training preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
• Aptitude for electronics troubleshooting preferred.
• Basic computer skills preferred.
• Knowledge of approximately 3,000 surgical instruments and specialty surgical instrument sets preferred.
• Certified by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management (IAHSCMM) within 18 months of hire or transfer date or Completion for Surgical Technologist program preferred.
• Experience using Steam, Ethelene Oxide, and Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Plasma sterilization chambers and attained the knowledge of sterility indicators; Detailed knowledge of consumable single use medical products.
• PC, laser printer, bar code scanner, bar code printer; Washer/Decontamination Vessels; ability to navigate numerous electronic information systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• inspecting, cleaning and sterilizing instruments
• handling sterile products while constructing surgical case carts
• handling surgical instruments, equipment and medical supplies with sterile techniques to ensure the integrity of the product is maintained
• assure supplies and instruments are stocked and pulled for cases in an efficient and accurate manner assuring all requested product is available to accommodate all cases
• Provide support to the Perioperative services staff and serves as a product specialist to surgical services for the organization

Benefits

• Educational Support Enjoy up to $5,000/year in tuition assistance, a 35% discount at Clarkson College, and career advancement opportunities with covered educational costs.

What This Job Offers

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