Sterile Process Manager CDH Centralized Sterilizing Full-time Days

Benefits

• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $6,000 Student Loan Repayment ($3,000 part-time)
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
• Annual Employee Merit Increase and Incentive Bonus
• Paid time off and Holiday pay

Description

The Manager Sterile Process reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Memorial, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

• Are you interested in joining a dynamic leadership team and our quest to provide world class surgical services at Northwestern Medicine? Do you have a deep understanding of Sterile Processing and Peri-Operative Services? Do you enjoy supporting technical personnel to elevate their skills, align them with the mission of the health system, and promote their professional development? If so, please consider joining the Sterile Processing Team at nationally recognized Central DuPage Hospital! Be part of a Team that is laser-focused on innovating care models to drive sustainable performance in quality and engagement. Apply now!

Responsibilities:

• Administrative accountability for all unit activities for all Central Sterile Supply Departments.
• Provides Leadership to staff.
• Is responsible for establishing and maintaining departmental operational and capital budget.
• Interviews, hires, educate, schedules, assigns work to, evaluates and disciplines subordinates for 24-hour operational department.
• Maintains necessary records in accordance with hospital policies and governmental regulations.
• Responsible for coordinating the daily operations of the decontamination, surgical processing and the surgical case cart system between Central Sterile and Perioperative Services.
• Maintains cooperative working relationship with Patient Care areas utilizing sterilizing services.
• Responsible for operational and capital budgets.
• Responsible for 24 hour administrative accountability for all unit activities.
• Plans, organizes and controls department activities and personnel engaged in decontamination process, assembly and packaging of surgical items, sterilization process, and surgical case cart system.
• Participates in planning and implementing new programs supportive of the organization's strategic plan and department goals.
• 24 hour accountability for Sterile Processing.
• Interviews, selects, orients, counsels, evaluate, and discipline subordinates.
• Develops unit work schedule, monitors daily staffing needs, and assignments.
• Responsible for staff performance evaluations.
• Responsible for developing, administering and monitoring budgets.
• Supports self and staff development activities through active participation with staff in the identification of learning needs, new employee orientation, training, and continuing education.
• Oversees certification of Sterile Processing Technician's. Responsible for decontamination, sterilization, supply, case cart assembly and packaging.
• Responsible for sterilization processes for Perioperative Services and off sites.
• Maintains department sterilization documentation for regulatory agencies.
• Conducts regularly scheduled unit meetings and educational activities to disseminate information to staff and initiate staff input.
• Assists in the evaluation of supply/equipment products, as needed.
• Responsible for the implementation of departmental quality measures including, collecting and analyzing data, developing action plans, monitoring implementation and follow-up.
• Responsible for dashboard, regulatory, safety, and hazardous materials monthly reports.
• Responsible for maintaining department policy and procedures, according to regulatory standards.
• Works closely and cooperatively with various departments to resolve system problems/issues associated with the processing, maintaining, or distribution of surgical instrumentation.
• Works closely with and collaborates with vendors on loaner trays and maintains accurate records of loaner trays.
• Maintains oversight of repair program and instrumentation inventory.
• Attend Manager and Leadership meetings.

AA/EOE.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor/Associate degree.
• Supervisory and managerial skills necessary to develop staffing patterns, budgets, policies and procedures, and to evaluate and provide for the development of personnel.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively direct subordinate and communicate with other hospital management, staff, and vendors.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles and procedures of decontamination, sterilization, aseptic technique, and regulatory standards.
• Five years or more of OR, CSS or other direct management experience.
• International Certification of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management Technician or International Association Certification in Central Service Materials Management Leadership or required within one year.

Preferred:

Graduate of an accredited Central Service Technician program or equivalent experience. Proficient in Microsoft office suite software.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.