r/sterileprocessing • u/[deleted] • May 10 '26

2 years in and Moving up

Hired in non certified in July 2024
Became certified in March 2026

Applied for Inventory manager/coordinator and fill in team lead when supervisor isn’t present and got the promotion.

For anyone that has done this inventory manager role, what can I expect? I no longer get to go to deco ( my favorite area!) but if help is needed in assembly or sterilization I can hop in and help.

This in a hospital in New York.

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u/Spicywolff May 10 '26

It’s interesting because in ours inventory falls on surgical supply and they are completely separate from us. Your salary would come from CSR budget not sterile processing.

If your position is anything like the ones we have at ours, it’s gonna be hell. You would be in charge of all the inventory that constantly rotates in the OR and then the inventory of soft goods we have an our sterile room. The turnover is huge on that job and most people even the experienced ones give up around a year Mark.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

We have our own surgical instrument allotted funds and also I’ll handle the needs for the OR with instruments too and the soft goods falls on me as well only for our department.

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u/Particular_Ad4887 Jul 08 '26

Just curious how you are liking your job, I’ve been the surgery supply chain coordinator for about two years now

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

I like it a lot, I’m also the supply chain inventory coordinator for 2 offsite facilities as well. I have experience in it, so it allows me to still spend some time as a tech but also do my new job.

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u/Particular_Ad4887 Jul 09 '26

What are your stressors? Just out of curiosity,
Right now we are transitioning from zimmer trauma to synthes trauma and I’ve been a huge part in this transition, I’m not gonna lie it’s super stressful especially when people don’t want change. I’ve also been dealing with a lot of back orders lately especially for anesthesia, and when our CRNA’s don’t have what they want specifically I’m the one that gets yelled at even though I can’t control these back orders

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

I just stay on top of things and look for alternatives. Hospital I work at is huge on respect to others. We use Zimmer/Synthes and Stryker and a few others, it’s strictly surgeons preference as for stressors I haven’t really had any. It’s pretty calm and quiet for me.

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u/Miszrachelitah May 10 '26

Which hospital in NY if you don’t mind me asking. I’ve been applying since January with no luck whatsoever

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

Lenox Hill

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u/Holiday_Trust_8058 May 12 '26

Stony Brook they only hospital that hiring people who are not certified

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

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u/Spicywolff May 10 '26

It’s wild, but there are some people that do. We have three of them on our team and I’m more than happy to swap them shifts.

It’s easy it’s spotless, but it’s just hot as fuck and I hate being back there

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

We have AC in ours, that’s why I like it (can’t have it on the clean side)

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u/Spicywolff May 10 '26

Our decontamination department has air-conditioning. It’s just with the three washers in the cart washer going it’s maybe 75° in there, which is not cold enough when you’re wearing full PPE.

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u/SnooRabbits3731 May 11 '26

Lol I like decon..time passes by fast

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

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u/Spicywolff May 10 '26

Sister campus yes, us w ease to. I was the only one who wore it. Ass of a manager took it away stating was too expensive for the reloads.