Instrument Tracking Coordinator - Nuvance Health

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care, and two urgent care offices. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates, including the Thompson House for rehabilitation and skilled nursing services, and the Home Care organizations.

Summary:
Responsible for improving department efficiency and throughput of surgical instrument reprocessing. Will increase customer satisfaction and increase patient safety. Dedicated to managing the Abacus tracking system.

Responsibilities:
1. Manages instrument inventory - barcoding sets and set locations.
2. Makes changes to current sets/count sheets and builds new sets as needed.
3. Coordinates preventative maintenance and repairs.
4. Orders new instruments.
5. Sterilization QA and biological documentaton.
6. Loaner instruments - tracking and QA.
7. Monthly reports - volumes, staff productivity
8. Staff education.
9. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.

Other information:
Required: Surgical Tech certification. OR experience.
Minimum Experience: three years

Desired: Abacus or instrument tracking system experience.
Location: Norwalk-34 Maple St

Work Type: Full-Time

Standard Hours: 40.00

FTE: 1.000000

Work Schedule: Day/Eve 8 & 12

Work Shift: Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm and some weekends

Org Unit: 418

Department: Sterile Processing

Exempt: No

Grade: S4

Salary Range:

16.3200 - 31.0500

Credentials:
Essential:
* SPD Membership with IAHCSMM

Education:
Essential:
* HS Graduate or Equivalent
Working conditions:
Essential:
* Significant manual skills / motor coord & finger dexterity
* Significant occupational risk
* Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
* Significant exposure to dirt, odor, noise, human waste, etc.

EOE, including disability/vets.

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