SPD Supervisor - FT - Day Shift

Distinguishing Features of the Class

The work involves assigning, directing and supervising the activities in one or more sections of a hospital supply, processing and distribution division. The incumbent is responsible for assigning and reviewing work performed in connection with the sterilization and packaging or reprocessable items, decontamination of supplies and/or the distribution of supplies. Work is performed under the general supervision of the administrative S.P.D. staff. Supervision is exercised over a large number of labor class employees engaged in supply, processing and distribution tasks.

Typical Work Activities

• Provides immediate supervision for SPD Aides performing light laboring tasks connected with the SPD Department;
• Supervises SPD employees and ensures their compliance with departmental policies and procedures;
• Formulates work schedule for SPD employees in assigned section;
• Ensures that reusable supplies and other related items are picked up on a regularly scheduled basis;
• Makes recommendations to staff relative to planning coordination and implementation of policies and procedures used as a guide in the processing of reusable items, the distribution of supplies or decontamination of supplies;
• Counsels personnel in the assigned unit regarding work performance;
• Conducts performance reviews and progressive discipline of personnel in the assigned unit;
• Maintains contact with personnel of other hospital departments to solve problems related to decontamination, distribution or reprocessing;
• Establishes and maintains proper level of supplies and equipment.

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics

• Good knowledge of the supplies used throughout a hospital;
• Good knowledge of the work flow of a hospital SPD Department including the computer systems pneumatic tube system, decontamination procedures, sterilization procedures and procedures used for packaging reprocesible supplies;
• Working knowledge of hospital organization and functions of the departments;
• Able to supervise and conduct employee performance appraisals;
• Able to get along well with others;
• Able to read;
• Able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Initiative;
• Dependability;
• Honesty;
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma;
• Completion of a minimum of 60 semester credit hours from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with major emphasis in nursing, management or related field and one (1) year of supervisory experience in a hospital central sterile supply or S.P.D. operation;
• Three (3) years of experience in a hospital central sterile supply or S.P.D. operation, at least one (1) year of which was in a supervisory capacity;
• An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), and (B).

Note

Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting