Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Operating Room Environment Medical Supply Technician

The Operating Room Environment (CORE) Medical Supply Technician is responsible for ensuring the availability, sterility, accuracy, and readiness of surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment within the Operating Room. This position performs detailed inspection of instrument sets, verifies sterilization parameters, and completes required operational checks for OR-based sterilizers. Functioning as the primary support within the OR CORE, the MST provides immediate assistance to nursing and surgical teams, manages real-time instrumentation and supply needs, and coordinates closely with Sterile Processing Services, Surgical Services, Logistics, and vendors.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Ability to follow aseptic practices, safety guidelines, and equipment handling protocols.
• Ability to safely transport specimens, blood products, equipment, and supplies.
• Competence in reading, understanding, and updating logs, inventories, and documentation.
• Communicates backorders, substitutions, supply delays, and instrumentation shortages to the surgical team in a timely and professional manner.
• Supports the retrieval, delivery, and maintenance of OR equipment to ensure functionality and readiness.
• Assists with Environment of Care (EOC) rounds to identify safety, equipment, or facility issues.
• Maintains appropriate stock levels in the OR core (blankets, irrigation fluids, etc.) and ensures all logs are current and in compliance.
• Obtains and responds to scheduled, urgent, and emergency requests, ensuring case carts are accurately pulled and ready for patient care.
• Picks up and transports blood products to and from the blood bank as required.
• Retrieves required surgical items from support services such as prosthetics and pharmacy, as delegated.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 6:45 am - 3:15 pm

Telework: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 51410-F, 51411-F, 51412-F, 51413-F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.