**Overview**

CHI Memorial Hospital now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health is once again the only hospital in the Chattanooga area to be named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. We are proud to be the regional referral center of choice providing health care throughout Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. We offer the following benefits to support you and your family: On-site childcare with extended hours Care@Work premium account for additional support with children pets dependent adults and household needs Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family Paid Time Off (PTO) Health/Dental/Vision Insurance Flexible spending accounts Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identify Theft Adoption Assistance Tuition Assistance for career growth and development Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs Wellness Program Additional incentives for eligible full time day shift and night shift opportunities

**Responsibilities**

The Sterile Processing Coordinator I functions as a point person for surgery service areas with the responsibility of prioritization, monitoring, maintaining and ensuring the availability of sterile, complete, accurate, and on time instrument sets. They also function as a liaison between Surgery and SPD staff providing training and education to both areas. In addition they promote a positive environment and cooperative staff effort with our customers and other shifts to provide the highest quality of support to assure excellent patient care and cost effective operations. This is in addition to other duties as assigned.

**Essential Key Job Responsibilities**

Acts as liaison for surgery, physicians, and hospital department's communications for their service line. Assists

all personnel in a positive manner to locate instruments needed for a case.

Complies and provides direction on hospital, personnel, and department operational policies,

procedures and assignments concerning CSIQ software system, safety, infection prevention, and equipment.

Properly prepares, documents and notifies surgery and SPD leadership concerning instruments that needs to be

repaired, added to trays, or replaced to assure all surgical trays are complete.

Actively promotes team unity and trust. Supports all other leaders in a positive manner. Trains and interacts

with all customers and sterile processing staff in a humble and gracious way following our Service Excellence

Standards by encouraging, showing patience, providing recognition and praise.

Checks surgery schedule daily to assure all instruments needed for their service line for same day use or turnover are processed correctly and ready for use to prevent case delays. Inventories instrument shelves for needed instruments for their service line. Creates next day needs list to assure case carts and instruments are completed on time.

Assists in daily SPD department duties deemed necessary during their shift to include decontam, sterile room,

and assembly.

Participates in the SPD leader on-call rotation, inclement weather rotation, and the flexing of work schedules

when needed.

Other duties as assigned by management

**Qualifications**

Either High School diploma OR Completion of Surgical Technician program.

40 hours Central Sterile Program through Purdue Central Service Technician Program within 6 months of employment if not nationally certified in Sterile Processing.

Instrument Technician certification through International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM) or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) within 24 months of employment. Or Was employed or otherwise contracted for services as a central service technician in a healthcare institution before January 1, 2017.

8 months of current Sterile Processing experience.

Advanced ability to identify, assemble, and decontaminate instrumentation.

Helps to mentor new staff when needed

Intermediate Outlook, Excel, Windows, and Word specific skills

**Pay Range**

$17.04 - $23.43 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.