Surgical Instrument Room Specialist (Ambulatory Surgery Center)

HealthPartners - Woodbury, MN

- Entry Level

Woodbury, MN

Hospitals

About the position

TRIA is looking to hire a Surgical Instrument Room Specialist to join our surgery center team! Come join us as a Partner for Good and help us make an impact on the care and experience that our patients and their families receive every day. Responsible and accountable for all functions of the sterile processing department, under the guidance of the sterile processing department supervisors and manager. This position is responsible for working independently and with team members to ensure that all surgical instrumentation is properly decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, and/or high level disinfected. All instruments must be distributed, tracked, and stored in a safe, secure, aseptic, and timely manner throughout the surgery center and clinics. Immediate-use steam sterilization, tray turnovers between surgical cases, and releasing sterilized loads from the department must be performed observing standard practice. In specific locations, the role will also be responsible for surgical case cart assembly and delivery. Each team member will be qualified to train others as assigned and serve as a front-line resource to sterile processing customers.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all surgical instrumentation is properly decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, and/or high level disinfected.
• Distribute, track, and store instruments in a safe, secure, aseptic, and timely manner throughout the surgery center and clinics.
• Perform immediate-use steam sterilization and tray turnovers between surgical cases.
• Release sterilized loads from the department observing standard practice.
• Assemble and deliver surgical case carts in specific locations.
• Train others as assigned and serve as a front-line resource to sterile processing customers.

Requirements

• Central Service/Sterile Processing/or Surgical Technology program certification with hands-on clinical experience.
• Current certification from either CBSPD: C.S.P.D.T. or IAHCSMM: C.R.C.S.T. within 18 months from the date of hire.
• Certification must be maintained for the duration of employment.

Nice-to-haves

• Word Processing knowledge, typing, data entry, strong communication skills - verbal and written.
• 1 year of central service/sterile processing/surgical technology experience preferred.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Retirement program
• Time away from work
• Insurance options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Onsite clinic
• Comprehensive range of benefits to support health, time off, retirement planning, and continuous learning opportunities.