Job Details
Posting Number: G/R33802P
Working Title: Central Sterile Associate
Department: VetMed-VTH Central Supply
Employment Type: Employee
Anticipated Start Date: 07/19/2026
Posting Date: 07/08/2026
Location of Vacancy: Athens Area
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Clean surgical instruments and endoscopy instrumentation that came into contact with animal bodily fluids.
Pack, check, and sterilize surgical instruments, endoscopy instrumentation, and various dry goods with the use of specific lists and directions.Enter charges in VetView.Percentage of time: 50
- Fill requests from doctors, students, and staff for materials, instruments, and dry goods.
- Fill orders and deliver to appropriate areas. Enter charges into database system, VetView.
Percentage of time: 25
- Put up stock, create stock requests, collect medical waste, and box for disposal.
- Change clipper blades daily and clippers weekly throughout the hospital.
- Assist in taking incremental inventory of medical instruments
Percentage of time: 25
Classification Title: Student Assistant
Position Summary: This position will assist in the Central Sterile unit of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital to provide medical/surgical supplies to clinical staff for surgeries and procedures that occur on a daily basis.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies: be able to work some weekends and holidays. able to multitask, be flexible and establish priorities quickly. capable of dealing with stressful situations.
Physical Demands: Lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Sit, stand, stoop, bend and walk intermittently during the day on hard floor surfaces. Manual dexterity sufficient to accurately work with small, delicate pieces of equipment or large heavy objects/containers/machinery. Wear proper protective equipment. Contact with animal bodily fluids. Work some weekends and holidays