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Title: Sterile Processing and OR Resource Coordinator

Location: Lancaster General Hospital; Lancaster, PA

FTE: 1.0

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sterile Processing and OR Resource Coordinator is responsible for the management, procurement, maintenance, and tracking of surgical and procedural instrumentation across the hospital. This role ensures the availability of necessary instruments for clinical procedures, coordinates instrument repair and acquisition, and maintains inventory systems. The coordinator works closely with clinical leaders, OR staff, and vendors to ensure instrumentation needs are met efficiently and effectively, supporting the hospital’s surgical operations and patient care standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Coordinates the repair, maintenance, and procurement of surgical instruments and equipment, ensuring timely availability for procedures. This role manages new instrument acquisition and the instrument repair process for the hospital.

• Manages all surgical services supply lines; in-house, offline, patient specific and consignment. Monitors and maintains periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) levels and ensure supplies are adequate for case volume. Monitors supplies for obsolescence due to expiration, technology advances and surgeon preference changes.

• Assists with special projects and interdepartmental committees as needed.

• Generates trend reports of instrument refurbishment, repair, and replacement costs month to month in consultation with Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Manager.

• Collaborates with clinical teams, SPD technicians, and vendors to optimize instrument set availability, maintenance, and compliance with health and safety standards. Works closely with Specialty Coordinators, Sterile Processing staff, Procurement, and other clinical stakeholders to facilitate the timely and accurate ordering of instrumentation.

• Maintains daily out-for-repair notices to the OR coordinators and clinical leadership teams.

• Maintains inventory record and report of all floor/unit instruments/trays.

• Utilizes data and analytics to assure the development of a realistic volume adjusted par level for surgical instrumentation in conjunction with clinical leaders.

• Collaboratively manages surgeon preference cards with clinical leaders. Ensures cards are updated and reflect current practice.

• Participates in the value analysis process by conducting trials, collecting feedback, and assisting business manager with physician engagement.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above: Add 0-3 additional bullets related to non-essential functions that are expected of the job.

• Prepare informational, statistical or analytical reports as assigned.

• Facilitation, Collaboration, Negotiation, Communication and Follow-Up.

• Attends and participates at departmental meetings.

• Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma/GED

• Strong financial management and analytical experience

• Project Management - cross-function and to make presentations with poise and control.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bullet any qualifications that may be preferred but not required (i.e. education, experience, certifications).

• Associate Degree Information Technology Management.

• Bachelors degree in business or a related field.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

Benefits At A Glance:

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees:

• 100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

• Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials

• Health, Dental and Vision Coverage

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

• Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching

• Child Care Subsidies

• Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes

Disclaimer

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

Search Firm Representatives please read carefully: PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH as a result of the referral or through other means.

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (a partnership with Kindred Healthcare). We are an Accredited Trauma Center-Level I through the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation with 805 Licensed beds. Our membership in Penn Medicine brings together the strengths of a world-renowned, not-for-profit academic medical center and a nationally recognized, not-for-profit community healthcare system.

Outpatient services are provided at the Downtown Outpatient and Suburban Outpatient Pavilions, along with additional outpatient centers and Express and Urgent Care locations throughout the region. Lancaster General Health Physicians is a network of more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians, at more than 40 offices throughout the region.