Central Supply Specialist Sterilization and Processing

Job Description

Do you have a CRCST or sterilization certification background? Are you looking for meaningful work, great benefits and a place to belong? Our Central Supply Specialist role is a unique position that combines inventorying and sterilization of our surgical equipment for our surgical team. Saving lives through organ and tissue donation is the mission uniting our employees and driving the work we do every day.

As a Central Supply Specialist (CSS) you play a critical role in our mission to “Save and Heal Lives”. The CSS is responsible for inventory in all of NED's offices, including Waltham, Westbrook, and Vernon, CT.

Fulltime Days ‑ 40 hours a week with a fluctuating schedule to cover NEDS 24/7 operations. Weekend and Holiday rotation required.

• Day shift Monday - Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
• Every 3rd week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (Th/Friday days off) and then working Sat / Sun for 40 hours.
• The following week 4 shifts at 10 hour day shifts 6:30am
  -5:00pm for 40 hours.

• Daily data entry of supply inventory using NEDS online system BTM
• Maintains relationships with internal and external customers.
• Daily monitoring of all clinical equipment (freezers, sterilizer, washers, refrigerators) and completes required documentation when required.
• Responsible for tissue storage, supply storage, sterilization, with AATB standards and NEDS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Completes required documentation through data entry into NEDS’s on-line systems including, but not limited to SharePoint, BTM, True North and ADP.
• At the direction of the Manager, conducts on the job training with new hires.

• Physically receives all deliveries to NEDS Waltham facility.
• Responsible for ordering, re-stocking, rotating, and reconciling inventory par levels in all locations for clinical readiness.
• Cleans, decontaminates and sterilizes instrument recovery kits per NEDS SOPs.
• Required travel to satellite offices via NEDS’s to deliver, stock, rotate, and reconcile supplies using the inventory management system.
• Transport recovered tissue via NEDS’s vehicle from satellite offices to Waltham.
• Responsible for shipping recovered tissue to processors, as necessary.
• Maintains cleanliness of clinical areas including satellite offices per NEDS SOPs.
• Cleans Kidney pumps for clinical readiness.
• Responsible for arranging the disposal of all NEDS medical waste.
• Maintains linen inventory for clinical activity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Coaches/mentors new Central Supply Coordinators as they train and develop.
• Timely completion of all initial and annual trainings via Talent Ed.
• Attend all departmental and organizational meetings

Additional responsibilities include shelving and rotating stock, cleaning and sterilization of instrument kits as well as cleaning of the clinical areas per NEDS standards, and arranging for the disposal of all NEDS medical waste.

• Previous experience in a hospital or medical field in central processing, inventory control or database entry preferred
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail required
• Basic computer skills in Word, Excel, Outlook, and ability to learn NEDS’s internal systems including but not limited to True North.
• Must be able to physically move and manipulate supplies up to 100 pounds
• This position requires the ability to work weekends, mandatory overtime, and occasional travel to perform Central Processing Coordinator functions at NEDS satellite offices in ME and CT

• High school diploma
• Must hold a valid state driver's license
• Candidates will be required to travel by personal vehicle to meet the duties and responsibilities of this position. Must maintain the requirements of an “eligible driver” including being at least 21 years old, maintaining an acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) and required minimum personal automobile insurance per NEDS automobile policy.

Once you have completed all required orientation the career path for this role also includes growth to a Level II which will have even more responsibilities.

• A minimum of 1 year’s experience in…