Manager, Sterile Processing Services

Manager of Sterile Processing

The Manager of Sterile Processing Services has 24-hour responsibility for Sterile Processing and Instrument Delivery processes within the facility.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for effective fiscal management of departmental operations, to ensure proper utilization of corporate financial resources.
• Directs activities related to all aspects of the instrument delivery and on-site sterilization processes.
• Ensures that departmental work processes provide a safe and cost-effective process for packaging and protecting instrumentation for sterilization, transportation, storage, and aseptic presentations.
• Responsible for ongoing sterilization efficacy testing to ensure that sterilization processes meet regulatory requirements.
• Assumes responsibility for presenting a positive representation of corporate and departmental services.
• Responsible for human resource management to achieve quality services and positive employee relations.
• Remains professional under stress and is responsible for communication interdepartmentally as well as intradepartmental to ensure that information is shared for effective daily operations.
• Works with the educator to ensure that ongoing on-site education is provided based on both individual and departmental needs.
• Coordinates staffing needs and reviews coverage requirements on daily basis. Responsibilities include hiring and evaluation of potential employees, and preparing and implementing approved budget initiatives for the department.
• Coordinates operating activities with other departments as necessary.
• Creates and maintains Corporate SPD and Patient Care IPC Sterile Processing policies and procedures.
• Serves as chair of Corporate Sterile Processing Committee
• Actively participates in multi-departmental special projects to assist and ensure compliance with current standards.
• Serves as resource for other Orlando Health SPD locations and clinical areas.
• Manages high volumes and extensive level of complexity in instrumentation inventory for tertiary and trauma care.
• Meets with new physicians and nursing operations managers in physician practices to establish instrumentation and service needs for clinic and surgery.

Qualifications:

• Education/Training: Associate degree.
• Licensure/Certification: Maintains one of the following certifications: Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) through the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA); or Certified Healthcare Leader (CHL) through the International Association of Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM); or SPD Technician Certification (CSPDT) through the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD); or Certified in Sterile Processing Management (CSPM) through the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD).
• Experience: Five years of management experience in SPD/CS/OR Must possess working knowledge of sterile processing processes.