Surgical Core Tech - Full time - 40 hours per week

Albany Medical Center • City of Albany, NY

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About The Position

The Surgical Core Tech will execute, operationalize and manage systems to deliver material resources to include supplies, instruments and equipment to the surgical patient point of care. This position will meet the operational needs of the surgery patient by organizing, receiving and properly storing and delivering surgical instruments, consumable supplies and equipment to the OR suites quickly and accurately. The Core Tech will support an integrated SPD/Sterile core/Supply Chain Management function in the operating room. Functions in the OR setting under the direction of the OR RN clinical manager(s). Assures surgeons' needs as identified on the surgical preference card are complete and accurately assembled in advance of the scheduled procedure and expedites as necessary for add-on and emergent procedures. Serves as a liaison between the Surgery departments, SPD, Materials Management, and Clinical Engineering departments as necessary to assure patient safe instruments, supplies, and equipment is available as needed to support surgeries. Maintains an inventory within the surgical cores of supplies and instruments and tracks utilization within the appropriate inventory/instrument control systems as developed and directed by Supply Chain Management and Perioperative Services.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. - required
• Basic business and computer skills are needed, as well as demonstrated planning, interpersonal and communications skills.

Nice To Haves

• 2 to 3 years’ experience in a support position, inventory control - preferred

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains proper levels of core specific surgical supplies and sterile instruments
• Generate requisitions as needed for the acquisition and / or replenishment of materials and instrumentation
• Assure receipt and proper storage of special materials / instruments to assure availability prior to the scheduled case
• Completes the assembly of surgical case cart and assure the cart is completely stocked and delivered to the appropriate suite in advance of the case.
• Maintains a basic competency of the SPD case cart assembly process for backup or emergent replenishment situations.
• Assure all unopened / unused supplies are returned to their location as appropriate and documented in the inventory control system assuring that SPD related supplies are sent back on a timely basis
• Actively supports the surgical staff by providing supplies, instruments, and / or equipment as needed either prior to or during procedures
• Assures all supplies are patient safe i.e. not expired and if recalled follow the hospital policy on disposition
• Establishes and maintains a stock inventory of all supplies / instrumentation for assigned core / service, using a hand-held computer to track utilization and perform inventory cycle counts to assure inventory accuracy.
• Initiates generated restock orders for all inventory items and processes as necessary all supply and equipment related requisitions.
• Coordinates with various vendors as necessary to assure availability of specialty products and as required for problem solving and researching case specific products.
• Enters received supplies into the inventory system and placed in the assigned bin location and where applicable lot, serial, and expiry information is recorded.
• Serves as liaison in value analysis process and as a resource for the clinical staff with regard to supplies, instruments, and equipment.
• Assures that case carts are fully stocked in accordance with the surgeon’s predefined preference cards by reviewing the partially assembled case cart from SPD and completing the balance of the assembly with the finish pick items maintained in the surgical cores.
• Incorporates LEAN principles and techniques into the daily routines to deliver efficient and effective service to internal and external customers.
• Practices antiseptic techniques to assure the sterility of supplies, instruments and the clean / sterile environment.

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees