Sterile Processing Manager
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Let me analyze the job posting content:
- Department/Location: Department 37781 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Sterile Processing Admin
- Status: Full time, Benefits Eligible Yes
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Schedule Details: Monday-Friday, Day shift - 0700-1530 - Hours will vary based on facility need. Will maintain 24-hour responsibility for western NC community sites of Hugh Chatham in Elkin, Wilkes Medical in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. Frequent travel required between the sites managed.
- Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30
- About the role: Atrium Health Wake Forest’s western community affiliates are seeking a Sterile Processing Manager to lead OR Sterile Processing Departments at Hugh Chatham Health in Elkin, Wilkes Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. This manager provides 24/7 strategic leadership, direction, support, accountability, and operational oversight for OR sterile processing, including decontamination and sterilization processes, while ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory standards. Responsibilities include evaluating departmental performance, utilization, and financial reports for alignment with hospital goals and directives; promoting quality and functional excellence; and supporting the Associate Director of OR Sterile Processing in achieving strategic and operational objectives.
- Qualifications: Qualified candidates will have at least one to two years of sterile processing and leadership experience.
- EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts Degree required. Ability to manage the day-to-day operations of a busy healthcare central sterile/sterile processing department; ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment on a daily basis. Expert knowledge in sterilization and high-level disinfection processes. Able to communicate and problem solve using critical thinking. Experience with developing strong team environment and a role model for training and teaching in the clinical setting.
- LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: Active certification in sterile processing/central sterile via CBSPD or IAHCSMM is required. Additional certification for SPD Management/Leadership it must be obtained within 12 months of hire.
- Essential Functions: A long list of responsibilities/duties
- Skills/Qualifications: A list of skills
- Work Environment: Description
- Physical Requirements: List
- Our Commitment to You: Benefits and compensation details
- About Advocate Health: Company description
Now I need to structure this into appropriate sections. The rules say to use specific section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
I should map the content:
- "About the role" section: The introductory paragraph about the position
- "Responsibilities" section: The Essential Functions list
- "Requirements" section: Education/Experience and Licensure/Certification
- "Qualifications" section: The "Qualified candidates will have..." and maybe the Skills/Qualifications list? But Skills is a separate heading. The rules list both Qualifications and Skills as possible headings. I'll put the Skills/Qualifications list under Skills.
- "Skills" section: The Skills/Qualifications list
- "Benefits" section: The "Our Commitment to You" section with benefits details
- "Pay" section: The Pay Range
- "Schedule" section: The Schedule Details
Also there's Work Environment and Physical Requirements - these could be separate sections but the rules don't list them as standard headings. The rules say "e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule" - so those are examples. I could include Work Environment and Physical Requirements as sections if they have substantive content. They do. But the rules say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." I could include them under a "Work Environment" heading or similar. However, the rules say use
for section headings (e.g. ...). It doesn't forbid other headings. But to be safe, I'll include them as separate sections if they have real content.
Also there's "About Advocate Health" - that's company boilerplate, maybe not needed? The rules say remove boilerplate. But it's part of the posting. However, it's generic company description. The rules say "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate". This is company description, not exactly boilerplate. But it's not specific to the job. I think I should omit it.
Also the metadata at top: Department 37781, Status, Benefits Eligible, Hours Per Week. These are minor metadata. Fold into a short
or drop. I'll include a brief
at the beginning with key metadata.
Now, I need to output only HTML fragment.
Let me structure:
Full-time, benefits-eligible position (40 hours/week). Department 37781, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Sterile Processing Admin.
About the role
Atrium Health Wake Forest’s western community affiliates are seeking a Sterile Processing Manager to lead OR Sterile Processing Departments at Hugh Chatham Health in Elkin, Wilkes Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. This manager provides 24/7 strategic leadership, direction, support, accountability, and operational oversight for OR sterile processing, including decontamination and sterilization processes, while ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory standards. Responsibilities include evaluating departmental performance, utilization, and financial reports for alignment with hospital goals and directives; promoting quality and functional excellence; and supporting the Associate Director of OR Sterile Processing in achieving strategic and operational objectives.
Schedule
Monday–Friday, day shift (07:00–15:30); hours may vary based on facility needs. This role maintains 24-hour responsibility for western NC community sites: Hugh Chatham in Elkin, Wilkes Medical in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. Frequent travel between sites is required.
Pay
Hourly range: $38.20 – $57.30.
Responsibilities
- Supervises OR SPD technicians and OR SPD staff to achieve established operational performance and quality goals.
- Manages all collection, decontamination, assembly, sterilization, high-level disinfection, distribution and inventory management of equipment, supplies, and sets managed by OR SPD.
- Presents applicable and relevant sterile processing information and data to senior leadership, physicians, clinicians, and staff in timely and efficient manner.
- Proactively works with OR personnel including surgeons, Clinical Coordinators and OR administration to improve processes and workflow related to OR SPD.
- Recommends and manages modifications to established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection prevention standards as applicable to OR SPD.
- Analyzes inventory reports and surplus inventory lists to determine the need for improvement in control methods, and directs the initiation of corrective measures to restore satisfactory inventory balance and investment.
- Provides proactive recommendations to tray configuration changes and changes to instrumentation inventory levels.
- Utilizes instrument tracking system to effectively manage the flow of work within the department, evaluate employees, and track inventory data.
- Ensures optimal sterile processing performance through quality control and quality assurance of all OR SPD activities and equipment.
- Assures departmental standards of operation and policies are in compliance with regulatory and professional agencies, including but not limited to CMS, TJC, AAMI, AORN and APIC.
- Recommends equipment changes, upgrades and additions to meet manufacturer's instructions for use (IFU) for all items processed.
- Maintains continued education and proficiency in the field of Sterile Processing operations and equipment through education, literature and seminars.
- Serves as a technical expert regarding product reprocessing, decontamination, and sterilization for the Medical Center.
- Demonstrates correct department processes and procedures to staff.
- Develops a comprehensive departmental orientation for new staff.
- Routinely coordinates training and competency validation for all staff.
- Ensures staff work is performed within prescribed technical and safety standards.
- Provides or coordinates instructions and in-service on new products, procedures and equipment to maintain patient and staff safety.
- Ensures staff attends technical and mandatory training/education.
- Schedules staff and work to ensure cases have instrumentation when needed.
- Monitors and adheres to labor and expense budgets.
- Maintains reports in appropriate cycles for department performance and staff attendance.
- Provides on-going and effective communication with physicians, hospital/clinic department management, staff and vendor representatives.
- Represents OR SPD department by attending appropriate department meetings.
- Protects self, co-workers and facility by following approved policies and procedure to prevent the spread of bloodborne and/or airborne diseases.
- Provides annual performance reviews to leaders and staff.
- Able to write and deliver corrective action to leaders/staff.
- Assists Associate Director for OR Sterile Processing in major project initiatives and makes decisions on behalf of the department in the absence of the Associate Director.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required.
- At least one to two years of sterile processing and leadership experience.
- Ability to manage day-to-day operations of a busy healthcare central sterile/sterile processing department.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
- Expert knowledge in sterilization and high-level disinfection processes.
- Ability to communicate and problem solve using critical thinking.
- Experience developing strong team environment and serving as a role model for training and teaching in the clinical setting.
- Active certification in sterile processing/central sterile via CBSPD or IAHCSMM required.
- Additional certification for SPD Management/Leadership must be obtained within 12 months of hire.
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong decision-making skills, ability to analyze and solve problems.
- Skill in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships as required in the surgical services environment.
- Extensive knowledge regarding instrumentation/processing/sterilization and case carts.
- Basic knowledge of surgical procedures and the instruments necessary for high-volume procedures.
- Ability to plan and organize a substantial workload.
- Skill in coaching, counseling and developing the functional
for prose 3. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading 4. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it 5. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail 6. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions 7. Include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text 8. Never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them 9. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones 10. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences Let me analyze the job posting content: - Department/Location: Department 37781 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Sterile Processing Admin - Status: Full time, Benefits Eligible Yes - Hours Per Week: 40 - Schedule Details: Monday-Friday, Day shift - 0700-1530 - Hours will vary based on facility need. Will maintain 24-hour responsibility for western NC community sites of Hugh Chatham in Elkin, Wilkes Medical in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. Frequent travel required between the sites managed. - Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30 - About the role: Atrium Health Wake Forest’s western community affiliates are seeking a Sterile Processing Manager to lead OR Sterile Processing Departments at Hugh Chatham Health in Elkin, Wilkes Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. This manager provides 24/7 strategic leadership, direction, support, accountability, and operational oversight for OR sterile processing, including decontamination and sterilization processes, while ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory standards. Responsibilities include evaluating departmental performance, utilization, and financial reports for alignment with hospital goals and directives; promoting quality and functional excellence; and supporting the Associate Director of OR Sterile Processing in achieving strategic and operational objectives. - Qualifications: Qualified candidates will have at least one to two years of sterile processing and leadership experience. - EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts Degree required. Ability to manage the day-to-day operations of a busy healthcare central sterile/sterile processing department; ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment on a daily basis. Expert knowledge in sterilization and high-level disinfection processes. Able to communicate and problem solve using critical thinking. Experience with developing strong team environment and a role model for training and teaching in the clinical setting. - LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: Active certification in sterile processing/central sterile via CBSPD or IAHCSMM is required. Additional certification for SPD Management/Leadership it must be obtained within 12 months of hire. - Essential Functions: A long list of responsibilities/duties - Skills/Qualifications: A list of skills - Work Environment: Description - Physical Requirements: List - Our Commitment to You: Benefits and compensation details - About Advocate Health: Company description Now I need to structure this into appropriate sections. The rules say to use specific section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. I should map the content: - "About the role" section: The introductory paragraph about the position - "Responsibilities" section: The Essential Functions list - "Requirements" section: Education/Experience and Licensure/Certification - "Qualifications" section: The "Qualified candidates will have..." and maybe the Skills/Qualifications list? But Skills is a separate heading. The rules list both Qualifications and Skills as possible headings. I'll put the Skills/Qualifications list under Skills. - "Skills" section: The Skills/Qualifications list - "Benefits" section: The "Our Commitment to You" section with benefits details - "Pay" section: The Pay Range - "Schedule" section: The Schedule Details Also there's Work Environment and Physical Requirements - these could be separate sections but the rules don't list them as standard headings. The rules say "e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule" - so those are examples. I could include Work Environment and Physical Requirements as sections if they have substantive content. They do. But the rules say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." I could include them under a "Work Environment" heading or similar. However, the rules say use
for section headings (e.g. ...). It doesn't forbid other headings. But to be safe, I'll include them as separate sections if they have real content. Also there's "About Advocate Health" - that's company boilerplate, maybe not needed? The rules say remove boilerplate. But it's part of the posting. However, it's generic company description. The rules say "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate". This is company description, not exactly boilerplate. But it's not specific to the job. I think I should omit it. Also the metadata at top: Department 37781, Status, Benefits Eligible, Hours Per Week. These are minor metadata. Fold into a short
or drop. I'll include a brief
at the beginning with key metadata. Now, I need to output only HTML fragment. Let me structure:
Full-time, benefits-eligible position (40 hours/week). Department 37781, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Sterile Processing Admin.
About the role
Atrium Health Wake Forest’s western community affiliates are seeking a Sterile Processing Manager to lead OR Sterile Processing Departments at Hugh Chatham Health in Elkin, Wilkes Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. This manager provides 24/7 strategic leadership, direction, support, accountability, and operational oversight for OR sterile processing, including decontamination and sterilization processes, while ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory standards. Responsibilities include evaluating departmental performance, utilization, and financial reports for alignment with hospital goals and directives; promoting quality and functional excellence; and supporting the Associate Director of OR Sterile Processing in achieving strategic and operational objectives.
Schedule
Monday–Friday, day shift (07:00–15:30); hours may vary based on facility needs. This role maintains 24-hour responsibility for western NC community sites: Hugh Chatham in Elkin, Wilkes Medical in North Wilkesboro, and Alleghany Health in Sparta. Frequent travel between sites is required.
Pay
Hourly range: $38.20 – $57.30.
Responsibilities
- Supervises OR SPD technicians and OR SPD staff to achieve established operational performance and quality goals.
- Manages all collection, decontamination, assembly, sterilization, high-level disinfection, distribution and inventory management of equipment, supplies, and sets managed by OR SPD.
- Presents applicable and relevant sterile processing information and data to senior leadership, physicians, clinicians, and staff in timely and efficient manner.
- Proactively works with OR personnel including surgeons, Clinical Coordinators and OR administration to improve processes and workflow related to OR SPD.
- Recommends and manages modifications to established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection prevention standards as applicable to OR SPD.
- Analyzes inventory reports and surplus inventory lists to determine the need for improvement in control methods, and directs the initiation of corrective measures to restore satisfactory inventory balance and investment.
- Provides proactive recommendations to tray configuration changes and changes to instrumentation inventory levels.
- Utilizes instrument tracking system to effectively manage the flow of work within the department, evaluate employees, and track inventory data.
- Ensures optimal sterile processing performance through quality control and quality assurance of all OR SPD activities and equipment.
- Assures departmental standards of operation and policies are in compliance with regulatory and professional agencies, including but not limited to CMS, TJC, AAMI, AORN and APIC.
- Recommends equipment changes, upgrades and additions to meet manufacturer's instructions for use (IFU) for all items processed.
- Maintains continued education and proficiency in the field of Sterile Processing operations and equipment through education, literature and seminars.
- Serves as a technical expert regarding product reprocessing, decontamination, and sterilization for the Medical Center.
- Demonstrates correct department processes and procedures to staff.
- Develops a comprehensive departmental orientation for new staff.
- Routinely coordinates training and competency validation for all staff.
- Ensures staff work is performed within prescribed technical and safety standards.
- Provides or coordinates instructions and in-service on new products, procedures and equipment to maintain patient and staff safety.
- Ensures staff attends technical and mandatory training/education.
- Schedules staff and work to ensure cases have instrumentation when needed.
- Monitors and adheres to labor and expense budgets.
- Maintains reports in appropriate cycles for department performance and staff attendance.
- Provides on-going and effective communication with physicians, hospital/clinic department management, staff and vendor representatives.
- Represents OR SPD department by attending appropriate department meetings.
- Protects self, co-workers and facility by following approved policies and procedure to prevent the spread of bloodborne and/or airborne diseases.
- Provides annual performance reviews to leaders and staff.
- Able to write and deliver corrective action to leaders/staff.
- Assists Associate Director for OR Sterile Processing in major project initiatives and makes decisions on behalf of the department in the absence of the Associate Director.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree required.
- At least one to two years of sterile processing and leadership experience.
- Ability to manage day-to-day operations of a busy healthcare central sterile/sterile processing department.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
- Expert knowledge in sterilization and high-level disinfection processes.
- Ability to communicate and problem solve using critical thinking.
- Experience developing strong team environment and serving as a role model for training and teaching in the clinical setting.
- Active certification in sterile processing/central sterile via CBSPD or IAHCSMM required.
- Additional certification for SPD Management/Leadership must be obtained within 12 months of hire.
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong decision-making skills, ability to analyze and solve problems.
- Skill in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships as required in the surgical services environment.
- Extensive knowledge regarding instrumentation/processing/sterilization and case carts.
- Basic knowledge of surgical procedures and the instruments necessary for high-volume procedures.
- Ability to plan and organize a substantial workload.
- Skill in coaching, counseling and developing the functional