Supervisor, Sterile Processing - Central Sterile, Full Time, Evening

About the role

Under the direction and supervision of the Sterile Processing management, the Supervisor will supervise functions of the sterile processing area and all its related systems in an efficient manner. The incumbent will coordinate the reprocessing of all surgical instrumentation used in the healthcare facility. The assembly processing functions are: decontamination, disinfection, washing, preparation and packaging, terminal sterilization and preparation of surgical case cart system. The Supervisor will act as a liaison for the Operating Room (OR) and all outside entities.

Responsibilities

• Develops, supervises, and evaluates department staff, in conjunction with management.
• Actively participates in the recruitment process.
• Prepares departmental team shift reports and records to include use of electronic instrument tracking systems.
• Assists Manager with develop and implementation of written policies/procedures and initiate adherence.
• Assists Manager in the maintenance of operational costs at set budget level.
• Provides management with instrumentation/capital requests and department specific needs.
• Coordinates the processing and reassembly of instrumentation with user departments.
• Ensures all high level disinfection processes are accurately completed and documented.
• Oversee weekly audits of specified trays.
• Sends biweekly audit to independent lab to verify sterilization parameters were achieved.
• Monitors loaner tray processing for surgical cases and coordinates with vendors.
• Reviews OR schedule daily and throughout shift.
• Partners with OR Coordinators and Sterile Processing management with discrepancies regarding scheduled cases and instrumentation needs or delays.
• Maintains quality control systems as they relate to infection control, sterilizer monitoring, packaging, and processing, etc., in accordance with institutional and departmental policy and regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintains department schedule in