Central Sterile Supply-Educator

About the role

The Educator acts as a subject matter expert in sterile processing, infection prevention, instrumentation, and quality assurance, promoting a culture of safety, accountability, and excellence. The Central Sterile Supply educator is responsible for providing personalized education by designing, developing, implementing and evaluating classroom and clinical instruction to support ongoing educational needs and experiences in CSS.

Responsibilities

• Provides support, education, guidance, and direction to the Central Sterile team to attain/maintain quality surgical instrument, customer service and safe care to patients in clinical areas.
• Functions as an educational consultant within the Operating Rooms and CSS.
• Cultivates collaboration, enthusiasm, and mutual respect among the health care team.
• Facilitates the provision of surgical instruments through educational activities.
• Consults and collaborates with all members of the health care team.
• Serves as a role model and resource for all staff development including supervisors, leads, staff and students within the unit/department/organization.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in healthcare or a related field.
• Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician certification (CSPDT) issued through The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) within six months of hire.
• 2 years of relevant experience required. 2-4 years of relevant experience preferred.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

Knowledge in clinical practice and adult learning principles.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Full time.