Building Name: UVMMC - Medical Center - Main Campus Location Address: 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington Vermont Regular Department: Operating Room-Main Campus Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Biweekly Scheduled Hours: 80 Shift: Day/Eve-8Hr Primary Shift: 1:45 PM - 10:15 PM Weekend Needs: None Salary Range: Min $22.93 Mid $28.19 Max $33.44 Recruiter: Dom Breault JOB DESCRIPTION: The Operating Room Core Specialist is a key operational partner in keeping the OR running smoothly and predictably throughout the day. This role directly supports surgical teams by ensuring case carts are accurately built, supplies are readily available, and rooms can turn over efficiently without unnecessary delays. OR Core Specialists prepare surgical cases using surgeon preference cards, manage the timely return of unused supplies and instruments to the BlueBin inventory system, and work closely with the inventory and clinical teams to keep supplies organized, stocked, and ready for upcoming cases. By maintaining strong control of supplies before, during, and after procedures, this role helps reduce interruptions, supports on-time starts, and improves overall OR flow. This position requires strong organization, attention to detail, and collaborative communication, and it plays a vital role in creating a safer, more functional, and cost-effective operating room environment for patients, surgeons, and staff. EDUCATION: High School Diploma or equivalent required. Additional coursework in surgical technology, inventory management, or healthcare operations preferred. EXPERIENCE: Prior experience in surgical services, sterile processing, or central supply strongly preferred. Familiarity with BlueBin or similar two-bin inventory systems preferred. . This is a bargaining union position. About Us The University of Vermont Medical Center is committed to being a national model for the delivery of high quality academic health care for a rural region. The University of Vermont Medical Center will continue to ensure that individuals are employed, and that employees are treated during candidacy and employment, without regard to their sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices as follows: Employment decisions at The University of Vermont Medical Center are based on legitimate job related criteria. All personnel actions or programs that affect qualified individuals, such as employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, advertising, termination, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, are made without discrimination based upon the individuals sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law. UVMHealth.org/MedCenter The UVM Medical Center Blog EEO is the law.
