OR CS Instrument Equipment Liaison

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

The Operating Room/Central Sterile Instrument/Equipment Liaison addresses the readiness and flow of surgical instruments/equipment from the Central Sterile Department to the Operating Room suite and back, providing a bridge between the two departments. They require a strong knowledge of Perioperative Services, proven interpersonal skills, solid communication, high drive and energy, and the ability to build relationships within a facility.

Required Behaviors:

• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree or completion of two (2) years from a college or technical school; Two (2) years related experience and/or training as a Surgical Technologist; or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• BLS

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in Surgical Technology and Central Sterile Supply.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as the “point” person between OR and CSPD personnel to resolve issues that may arise before, during, and after a case. Offers alternatives when necessary.
• Communicates weekly with OR/CSPD staff prior to surgical cases to ascertain specific instrument / supply / vendor needs, and ensures items are available.
• Performs data collection duties for tracking (OR/CSPD Complaints, Tray Errors).
• Assists and monitors projects as needed (case carts, trauma carts, building specialty sets, preference cards, etc.). Reports findings and revisions to Perioperative Management.
• Consults with OR and CSPD staff to identify and implement revisions to instrument trays, naming conventions, count sheets, and methods of specialty instrument identification (taping/Microsystems).
• Assists in education of OR and CSPD staff on an as needed basis.
• Provides in-services to OR/CSPD staff at monthly staff meetings as needed related to new equipment.
• Monitors “Priority List” to ensure instrumentation is available for first start cases as well as instrumentation that must be reprocessed for “to follow” procedures.
• Capable to perform as Surgical Technologist on as needed basis in urgent/emergent situations.
• Adheres to policies of Perioperative Services.
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work

                                                     Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

Summary:

• All Perioperative Service jobs may place heavy physical demands on the employee. The amount of time the employee is exposed to these demands will fluctuate as there are uncontrollable variables inherent to healthcare including the weight of patients, instrument trays and equipment.

Physical Activities:

• All Perioperative Services jobs may require lifting/pushing/pulling varying weights.
• Must be able to lift fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds.
• Activities may include intermittent or prolonged standing, walking, sitting, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and reaching with arms.
• Repetitive motions such as: wrist/hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (typing, writing, filing, etc.) may also be required.
   

Work Environment:

• The job requires the risk of exposure to the following environmental conditions: Hazardous chemicals, anesthetic agents, body fluids and waste, blood borne diseases, infectious and contagious diseases, risk of electrical/mechanical shock, risk of burns and cuts.
• Exposure to unpleasant patient or unit elements (i.e. accidents, injuries, severe illness).
• Noise levels may vary from very quiet to very loud.
   

Sensory Requirements:

The employee will need to be able to hear:

• Alarms on equipment/ fire alarms/overhead announcements
• Patient/ staff verbal discussions
• Instructions/feedback from other healthcare providers

The employee will need to be able to see:

• Focus on close-up and distant objects (with or without corrective vision)
• Distinguish colors
• Have intact peripheral visions and depth perception