Registered Nurse - Reusable Medical Devices Coordinator (Sterile Processing)

Nurse Reusable Medical Devices Coordinator

The Nurse Reusable Medical Devices (RMD) Coordinator Registered Nurse executes position responsibilities that demonstrate expert leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex RMD situations. Responsible for providing clinical knowledge in the processes used for all critical, semi-critical, and non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) per manufacturers' instructions for use (IFU) throughout the facility. Responsible for the quality management, reprocessing activities pertaining to training, competency assessment, development of SOPs based on manufacturers' IFU, and aiding in succession planning for all areas of RME. Utilizes their in-depth clinical judgement as they assume responsibility for all functions within the RMD Program ensuring the clinical administrative appropriateness of services delivered.

The RMD Registered Nurse functions as a liaison between clinical programs and non-clinical services which require the use of RMD (i.e., directives, findings, action plans, changes in manufacturers' IFU, etc.). Disseminates all information to appropriate personnel, serving as an education resource and content expert for RMD using only the latest evidence-based research on which to base their practice.

This RMD collaborates with other personnel in assuring that all staff understand the clinical evidence and reasoning regarding changes affecting the RMD Program and establishes a strong partnership with the Infection Prevention (IP) staff. The RMD Coordinator is a clinical consultative resource for all patient care areas to assure that all RMD is properly stored, used, and pre-treated according to clinical guidelines and reprocessed properly according to established scientific principles.

This RMD Coordinator will provide oversight of compliance with directives and guidance relating to RMD. Executes leadership in the ability to present, lead, educate, and motivate all levels of nursing and hospital staff, including the executive level, to ensure compliance with RMD directives. Conducts RMD tracers in all areas of the facility that use RMD, facilitates reviews and revisions of all RME SOPs, develops and applies audit tools and other mechanisms to validate compliance with internal and external RMD policies and requirements, monitors adherence to training and competency requirements and related documentation, presents and/or facilitates formal staff education programs and informal training related to RMD compliance, critically reviews local RME SOPs for consistency with manufacturers' guidelines or Veterans Affairs (VA) guidance.

The RMD Coordinator is responsible for the implementation and compliance of RMD processes within the recommended practices of various governing organizations, i.e., International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM), Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AMMI), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) directives and VISN policy and procedures. Oversees appropriate reprocessing of RMD to eliminate risk of infection and provide timely safe patient care in all patient care areas. Responsible for continuous quality improvement projects that result in improved services to all users of RMD. Utilizes collaborative strategies while working within and between disciplines.

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: Monday - Friday; 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized