Sterile Processing Weeknight Supervisor

About the role

Full‑time Sterile Processing Services position at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 40 hours per week. Shift runs Monday‑Friday, 2300‑0730 with occasional weekend, holiday and leadership coverage as required.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to organizational values to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
• Leads, directs, and supervises SPD employees to ensure department minimal production standards are met by overseeing all areas of inventory throughput.
• Expert in all aspects of the sterile processing cycle and ability to provide guidance and education to SPD employees.
• Performs administrative functions in accordance with organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
• Assesses surgical case schedule and logically deduces the needs of the operating room.
• Maintains departmental compliance logs per manufacturer and regulatory requirements per AAMI and AORN.
• Assists with the management of case cart system and ensures on‑time delivery.
• Uses excellent communication skills when discussing instrument needs with SPD Liaisons and/or OR Clinical Coordinators.
• Assists SPD Manager with development, implementation, and/or enforcement of departmental policies.
• Assists SPD Manager and SPD Staff Education Specialist with talent acquisition and onboarding activities.
• Attends and participates in Surgical Services interdepartmental committees as directed by SPD Manager.
• Protects self, co‑workers and facility by following approved policies and procedures to prevent the spread of bloodborne and/or airborne disease(s).
• Ensures that established hospital and departmental policies and procedures are followed in the decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, storage, and distribution of operating room instrumentation.
• Supervises sterile processing staff's production and schedules to ensure adequate levels of surgical instrumentation are available.
• Ensures departmental operations are effective and efficient.

Work environment includes exposure to bodily fluids and tissue, risk of bloodborne diseases, chemical cleaning agents, steam and heat hazards, loud stressful setting, frequent interruptions, and occasional pressure from multiple calls. Physical requirements involve standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, finger/hand dexterity, talking, hearing, seeing, and lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling up to 100 lbs maximum.