Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) - Assistant Chief

Allied Health Professional

Major duties for the position include (but are not limited to):

• Responsible for assisting the Chief, Sterile Processing Services (SPS), in oversight of all operational and administrative activities of the service.
• Responsible for the quality management system activities within Sterile Processing Services, to include training, competency assessment, development and enforcement of standard operating procedures.
• Through subordinate supervisors provides technical and direct supervision to over 20 GS5 through GS8 Medical Supply Technicians
• Managing, directing and adapting work to accomplish program goals and objectives and to meet new and changing program requirements;
• Serving as a member or in an advisory capacity on committees (in the absence of the Chief);
• Issuing, adapting, implementing and maintaining local SPS policies and procedures as applicable to specific facility/system programs;
• Assisting the Chief, SPS in developing, directing and maintaining a Quality Control Program ensuring product quality assurance through random sampling, biological monitoring, product assessment and other means, and providing specific reports as required.
• Assisting Chief, SPS in preparing and evaluating future scheduling projects, anticipating future workload requirements to forecast appropriate staffing levels;
• Facilitating training of various aspects of SPS, including reprocessing and inventory management;
• Soliciting assistance from, or responds to, inquiries from outside regulatory and advisory agencies to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures from organizations such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Joint Commission (JC), International Association for Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), Association of periOperative Nurses (AORN), and others;
• Working closely with Supply Chain Management to monitor inventory levels to identify and take corrective action on matters relating to potential inventory shortages created because of additional case volume, scrap, or any customer related skills that may exist;
• Overseeing appropriate reprocessing of reusable medical equipment (RME) to eliminate risk of infection and to provide timely safe patient care in all patient care areas.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:30am-3:00pm, subject to change based on Agency needs

Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified candidate

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Telework: Not Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 629-01405F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized