Surgical Instrument Room Specialist, casual position

HealthPartners•Bloomington, MN

12d•Onsite

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. Position Summary: 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.

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.
Maintain certification for the duration of employment.
Minimum 2 shifts a month commitment.

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.

Responsibilities

Responsible and accountable for all functions of the sterile processing department, under the guidance of the sterile processing department supervisors and manager.
Working independently and with team members to ensure that all surgical instrumentation is properly decontaminated, assembled, inspected, packaged, sterilized, and/or high level disinfected.
Distribute, track, and store all instruments in a safe, secure, aseptic, and timely manner throughout the surgery center and clinics.
Perform immediate-use steam sterilization, tray turnovers between surgical cases, and releasing sterilized loads from the department observing standard practice.
Responsible for surgical case cart assembly and delivery (in specific locations).
Train others as assigned and serve as a front-line resource to sterile processing customers.