References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

You must be able to complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Required Skills/Experience:
Experience across all areas of the sterile processing department is required.
Experience with decontamination of all items, including drills, Da Vinci equipment, and scopes.
Experience assembling all instruments across service lines, including trauma instruments, loaners, and peel packaging.
Experience with STERRAD and steam sterilization processes.
Experience with high-level disinfection (HLD) and scopes.
Experience with sterile storage.
OR liaison experience is required.
3+ years of experience in a facility similar to OSU is required.
Hard stop: The unit will accept first-time travelers with 3+ years of experience.
Teaching hospital experience is required.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
Level I trauma experience is preferred.
Community hospital experience is preferred.

Required Credentials:
Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program.

Special Requests:
Previous permanent OSU staff and return travelers are not eligible for return anywhere in the system, regardless of performance. Return travelers include any clinician who has taken an assignment at any location and is reapplying anywhere within the OSU umbrella.
Travelers who reach the one-year maximum contract limit are not eligible for extensions or future assignments.

Unit Details:
Adult patient population.
Work includes preparing, sterilizing, installing, assembling, and cleaning clinic and healthcare equipment required for surgeries, examinations, and medical procedures.
The position ensures equipment, instruments, and supplies can be safely reused to prevent infections.
Sterilized, appropriately functioning medical supplies and instrumentation are packaged and delivered aseptically to the point of use.
The position serves as a clinical liaison between the operating rooms and the offsite central sterile services location to track and allocate sterilized instrumentation across the enterprise.
The position is responsible for procuring and standardizing instrument trays across the enterprise.
Equipment processed includes drills, Da Vinci equipment, and scopes.

Shift & Scheduling:
Monday through Friday with occasional scheduled holidays.

Floating Requirements:
May be required to float to other locations.
The position will be utilized 24/7 in multiple reprocessing sites across the health system, including Ross Heart Hospital, University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, Same Day Surgery, University Hospital East, and all ambulatory sites in Dublin, New Albany, EEI, Jameson Crane, and West Campus.

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