Surgical Core Tech

Surgical Core Tech – Thursday–Sunday 10 am–8:30 pm

Department/Unit: Supply Chain Surgical Services
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
Salary Range: $41,136.28 – $57,590.79

The Surgical Core Tech will execute, operationalize and manage systems to deliver material resources, including supplies, instruments and equipment, to the surgical patient point of care. This position meets the operational needs of the surgery patient by organizing, receiving, properly storing, and delivering surgical instruments, consumable supplies and equipment to the OR suites quickly and accurately. The Core Tech supports an integrated SPD/Sterile core/Supply Chain Management function in the operating room under the direction of the OR RN clinical manager(s).

The Core Tech ensures surgeons’ needs 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. It serves as a liaison between the Surgery departments, SPD, Materials Management, and Clinical Engineering departments to assure patient‑safe instruments, supplies, and equipment are available as needed.

• Establish and maintain 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.
• Complete assembly of surgical case cart and assure the cart is completely stocked and delivered to the appropriate suite in advance of the case. Maintain 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 support the surgical staff by providing supplies, instruments, and/or equipment as needed either prior to or during procedures.
• Assure all supplies are patient‑safe (not expired and, if recalled, follow hospital policy on disposition).
• Establish and maintain 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.
• Initiate generated restock orders for all inventory items and process as necessary all supply and equipment related requisitions.
• Coordinate with various vendors as necessary to assure availability of specialty products and to resolve problems and research case‑specific products.
• Enter received supplies into the inventory system and place in the assigned bin location, recording lot, serial, and expiry information where applicable.
• Serve as liaison in value‑analysis process and as a resource for the clinical staff regarding supplies, instruments, and equipment.
• Assure 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 finish‑pick items maintained in the surgical cores.
• Incorporate LEAN principles and techniques into the daily routines to deliver efficient and effective service to internal and external customers.
• Practice antiseptic techniques to assure the sterility of supplies, instruments and the clean/sterile environment.

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. (required).
• 2–3 years of experience in a support position or inventory control (preferred).
• Basic business and computer skills, demonstrated planning, interpersonal and communication skills.

• Standing – Constantly
• Walking – Constantly
• Sitting – Rarely
• Lifting – Frequently (20–75 lbs)
• Carrying – Frequently Pushing – Occasionally
• Pulling – Occasionally
• Climbing – Occasionally
• Balancing – Occasionally
• Stooping – Frequently
• Kneeling – Frequently
• Crouching – Frequently
• Crawling – Occasionally
• Reaching – Frequently
• Handling – Frequently
• Grasping – Frequently
• Feeling – Constantly
• Talking – Constantly
• Hearing –…