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UNC Health Careers

Instrument Coordinator

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What they do

A Sterile Processing Technician sterilizes, cleans, and prepares medical equipment for use. May also help install and repair large equipment. Works in a hospital or other healthcare facility.

$41,048 / year median in North Carolina

+14% projected growth

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Job Description

Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
Coordinates the instrumentation needs of the OR, ensuring instruments are properly maintained and available when needed.
Responsibilities:
1. Coordination of instrumentation needed based upon OR schedule. 2. Responsible for coordinating refurbishment of damaged instrumentation. 3. Make recommendations to SPD leadership for future instrument orders based on analysis of past tray builds and usages. 4. Independently determines appropriate container size for instrument containers, assess needs for custom-made instrument carriers, weigh and assemble instrument sets according to AAMI standards. 5. Assist OR team leaders with open instrumentation projects, building instrument trays if needed for coverage, documenting manufacturer recommendations, and getting new trays into circulation. Identify and suggest cost-saving approaches to storage and purchasing of inventory. 6. Serve as an instrument expert and resource for staff related to instrument needs. 7. Works to ensure trays are available for routine use by getting trays back into circulation. 8. Attends/conducts instrument tray optimization/reduction meetings. 9. Maintains a well-organized instrument storage area, controlling and managing peel-pouched instrumentation. 10. Maintains database of instruments ordered for services provided 11. Maintain inventory/supplies for instruments 12. Perform QA audits on instrument trays and case carts as needed (as needed) Other Information Other information:
Education Requirements:
• None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• Sterile Processing Certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
• Two (2) years of sterile processing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Job Details Legal Employer:
STATE Entity:
UNC Medical Center Organization Unit:
Surgical Support Services Work Type:
Full Time Standard Hours Per Week:
40.00
Salary Range:
$19.98 - $28.54 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type:
Onsite Work Schedule:
Day Job Location of Job:
US:
NC:
Chapel Hill Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt:
No This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.