Chief Nurse - Sterile Processing

Chief Of SPS

The Chief of SPS provides health system-wide leadership for critical and semi-critical reprocessing, including sterile storage, reprocessing, standard operating procedures, competency assessment, selection, operation, and maintenance of reprocessing equipment, staff education program for reprocessing, and quality management of SPS.

Major duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Maintains oversight and availability for consultation of non-critical reprocessing.
• Has knowledge in areas of patient-care practices, microbiology, asepsis, disinfection/sterilization process, adult education, infectious diseases, communication, program administration and epidemiology.
• Has responsibility and oversight of evidence-based practice infection control relating to sterile processing standards.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for all SPS activities and provides consultation when called upon.
• Collaborates with various surgical proprietary vendors that provide instrumentation that allow the agency to maintain inventory par levels that support the complex surgical cases.
• Supports the integration and collaboration of sterile processing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patient-centered and organizational goals.
• Functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership ability.
• Contributes ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of nursing.
• Assesses the environment, analyzes trends, transmits data, communicates ideas, develops, and implements policies, initiates programs and systems, and collaborates in the management of resources.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Full-time; specifics TBD with Supervisor.

Telework: Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May Be Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized