Equipment and Supply Technician

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At the Stony Brook Medicine, the Equipment and Supply Technician will be a valuable member of our team in the Cancer Center. Qualified candidates should demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, organizational and time‑management skills, attention to detail, and be able to work with all levels of the organization.

• Ordering, stocking and distributing supplies.
• Maintaining inventory.
• Keeping concise records of equipment.
• Act as liaison to other departments (CSS, Distribution, Lawson, outside vendors).
• Assist in capital budget preparation for equipment.
• Clean, prepare, and distribute equipment.
• Keep track of preventive maintenance schedules, and perform billing procedures as needed.
• Establish and maintain a good professional rapport with the medical staff, nurses, and staff of patient care areas and all other applicable departments and units.
• Review and make appropriate recommendations regarding all new supplies and equipment for the unit.
• Develop, schedule, conduct and document in‑services in instrumentation handling and continuing education programs for the personnel of the unit.
• Meet or exceed standards of compliance of all accreditation and regulatory bodies and commissions in relation to supply, processing and sterilization.
• Attend staff meetings and conferences at the supervisor's discretion.
• Develop and require strict adherence to maximum quality control processing standards.
• Aid in the evaluation process of products and instruments to be current in the state of the art as well as assess for cost‑effective measures to perform procedures.
• Research obsolete and discontinued instrumentation for replacement.
• Be responsible for instrumentation and medical/surgical supplies.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor or manager.
• Attend annually at least one educational offering in material or personnel management, infection control, or programs related to sterile processing technology.
• Adhere to all hospital and departmental policies and procedures while simultaneously reprocessing scopes and catheters using manufacturer's guidelines.
• Maintain available inventory of clean scopes/catheters. Document scope damage, arrange for scope repairs and scope loaners as needed.
• Procedure room and equipment set up and room turnover of the procedural field and surrounding equipment. Maintain inventory PARS of procedure room supplies, rotate stock and monitor expiration dates. Coordinate returning dirty supplies to Central Sterile Support that require sterilization, ensuring return and availability for next day procedures. Pick up procedural supplies from various hospital locations as needed.
• Maintain inventory of reprocessing supplies and chemicals. Assist in maintaining and cleaning and storing of equipment when not in use. Assist in establishing and implementing quality assurance in point‑of‑care processing of equipment.
• Assist in cleaning, restocking and re‑configuring the procedure room between procedures and after the schedules are completed.
• Test operational efficiency of equipment and report problems to the clinician or nurse manager.
• Assist in restocking storage and equipment supply areas.
• Communicate instrumentation needs to CSS.
• Assist in preparation of equipment for special procedures.

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
• Preferred: Experience with high level disinfection process, Lawson experience, outpatient surgical and medical procedure setup/cleaning experience, proficiency in Microsoft Office, prior experience with purchasing, inventory control, medical equipment troubleshooting.

Resume/CV should be included with the online application.

This position will remain posted until filled or for a maximum of 90 days. An initial review of all applicants will occur two weeks from the posting date. Applicants must be received before the initial…