System Sterile Processing Manager of Education and Quality - Sterile Process (Days)

The System Sterile Processing Educator implements education and competency assessments, quality assurance, and process improvements for the HLD S department across the Harris Health enterprise. Under the direction of the Director System Sterile Processing, this role serves as a resource and educator in the sterile processing and high-level disinfection fields. The System Sterile Processing Educator possesses in-depth technical expertise, collaboration skills, and competency in adult education. This role is responsible for orientation, continuing education and competency evaluation, and ongoing in-services for all sterile processing department (SPD) staff and affiliated personnel. The position is responsible for developing, administering, and measuring educational and quality assurance materials based on regulatory, industry, and evidence-based guidelines. With a focus on patient and employee safety, the System Sterile Processing Educator will work collaboratively with department leadership, Peri-Op management, surgeons, Infection Prevention and Control, Clinical Resource nurses, ambulatory care clinics, correctional health, and other appropriate committees.

Required Knowledge & Skills

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience: Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.

Licenses and Certifications

*CERTIFIED REGISTERED CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Qualifications

*Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) required upon hire.

*Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS) or Surgical Instrument Specialist Certification (CSIS) required or must be obtained within two (2) years of employment.

*Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) or Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor. GI Scope Certification (CFER) required or must be obtained within two (2) years of employment.

*Five (5) Years of work experience in sterile processing, high-level disinfection, and or in an operating room (required)

*Communication Skills: Exceptional Verbal (Public Speaking), Writing Correspondence, Writing Reports

*Proficiencies: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook, P.C.

Statement Of Employment Philosophy

Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.

Functions

Area of Responsibilities

*Identify, arrange, and supervise all training for sterile processing employees as needed, collaborating with SPD lead techs.

*Keep the SPD manager SPD lead techs informed of new employee progress through regularly scheduled progress reports.

*Conduct and assist with staff in services as required.

*Demonstrate thorough knowledge of sterile processing procedures and infection control principles.

*Communicate and apply quality assurance measures for sterile processing department.

*Evaluate current and new regulatory criteria for compliance with industry standards.

*Perform detailed tray instrument quality checks and maintain quality data.

*Conduct quality assurance checks on vendor trays prior to acceptance and track vendor quality deficits.

*Update and maintain quality metric tracking and provide monthly quality assurance reports to SPD and surgical services leadership.

*Utilize evidence-based practice and data to guide improvement efforts.

*Support new employee orientation in the sterile processing department, including on the job training and documentation of employee competency in sterile processing standards.

*Coordinate with vendors to conduct periodic in services of all equipment and specialty instruments sets.

*Standardize best practices across all tanner health system.

*Optimize instrument tracking system as needed.

*Works with vendors to obtain verify current IFUs and communicate any changes to processes that need to be made in order to comply with all IFUs.

*Communicate with surgical services leadership any concerns or improvements needed to comply with standards and best practices.

Compliance Statement

Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Required Knowledge & Skills

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience: Five years of related experience. Requires broad knowledge of complex systems and procedures.

Licenses and Certifications

*CERTIFIED REGISTERED CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Qualifications

*Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) required upon hire.

*Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS) or Surgical Instrument Specialist Certification (CSIS) required or must be obtained within two (2) years of employment.

*Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) or Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor. GI Scope Certification (CFER) required or must be obtained within two (2) years of employment.

*Five (5) Years of work experience in sterile processing, high-level disinfection, and or in an operating room (required)

*Communication Skills: Exceptional Verbal (Public Speaking), Writing Correspondence, Writing Reports

*Proficiencies: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook, P.C.

Definitions

The System Sterile Processing Educator implements education and competency assessments, quality assurance, and process improvements for the HLD S department across the Harris Health enterprise. Under the direction of the Director System Sterile Processing, this role serves as a resource and educator in the sterile processing and high-level disinfection fields. The System Sterile Processing Educator possesses in-depth technical expertise, collaboration skills, and competency in adult education. This role is responsible for orientation, continuing education and competency evaluation, and ongoing in-services for all sterile processing department (SPD) staff and affiliated personnel. The position is responsible for developing, administering, and measuring educational and quality assurance materials based on regulatory, industry, and evidence-based guidelines. With a focus on patient and employee safety, the System Sterile Processing Educator will work collaboratively with department leadership, Peri-Op management, surgeons, Infection Prevention and Control, Clinical Resource nurses, ambulatory care clinics, correctional health, and other appropriate committees.

Position Responsibilities

Contact with Others: Performance of job requires contact with others where team work is essential, requiring tact in order to obtain cooperation. Contacts may be outside of the organization also.

Effect of Error: Probable error would normally result in loss of own time to correct error. Practically all work is subject to verification or check. Little or no confidential data is involved.

People Management Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibility: Has limited supervision over a small section of employees (up to 15), i.e. assigns and directs their work; instructs new employees and corrects results, may discuss with supervisor, but has no authority over job content or personnel. Team governance where the Members evaluate, interview, and recommend personnel actions.

Work Environment/Physical Effort

Mental Demands: Work involves a variety of problems in a general field, some of which are complex. Involves some independent judgment to decide what to do to assemble facts, determine variations from standard procedures, or plan other action to be taken to meet general objectives.

Working Conditions: Considerable - (About 75% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.

Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations

Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes

Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No

Physical Effort: Medium physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for most of the day. Occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25-60 lbs.). Very occasional physical effort with heavy objects (over 60 lbs.).Works in reaching or strained positions for about half of day.

Physical Aspects

Bending: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Reaching -- above shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Reaching -- below shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Color Vision: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Speaking: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Standing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Balancing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Crawling: Not required

Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Carrying: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Climbing: Not required

Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Tasting: Not required

Smelling: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required

Driving -- Class C vehicles: Not required

Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required

N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Not required

Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time