Sterile Processing Coordinator- Full Time- Evenings

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional ethical physical and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth dignity and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET Managing Up Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees experiential journeys to ensure strong communication ease of access to information and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organizations vision fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

• Coordinates and assigns based on the acuity level of the Technician processing services that are efficiently organized. Ensures instruments and supplies are decontaminated and reprocessed in a timely manner. Serves as the primary resource for staff in all areas of service that the department performs.

• Serves as a role model and mentor facilitating teamwork working in conjunction with the OR staff to provide timely sterile products trays and case carts where applicable. Maintains consistent and continuous workflow between the OR and Sterile Processing.

• Communicates in an active positive and effective manner to all interprofessional health care team members listens and responds to the ideas of others. Coaches staff in effective verbal nonverbal and written communication. Initiates recommendations collaborating with management for improvement of employee engagement score.

• Coordinates the daily interface between sterile processing surgery and materials management as well as other departments within and outside of Houston Methodist to ensure that supplies and instruments are available as needed for service lines as appropriate. Partners with SP Liaison to prepare items in advance for the following days OR needs.

• Anticipates needs by ensuring that all supplies or instrumentation not routinely available within the department are obtained and ready prior to scheduled surgery cases.

• Plans and monitors staffing levels to ensure appropriate staffing at all times to provide excellent service. Regulates scheduling and department staff assignments based on the needs of the department. Provides daily reporting to management of needs issues to be addressed and all important information necessary to ensure department success.

• Serves as the primary quality assurance resource for the department through periodic set audits. Reviews and revises as appropriate policies and procedures which reflect knowledge of industry standards and recommended practices for sterile processing. Assures department performance follows Houston Methodist policies and procedures and guidelines/standards from pertinent regulatory agencies.

• Continuously assures the effectiveness of the sterilization process by using internal external and biological monitoring systems appropriately utilizing established department protocols and sterilizer manufacturers instructions for use.

• Ensures accurate tracking of all instrumentation in conjunction with the SP Liaison for specific service lines. Maintains and records accurate recordings of sterile area environment requirements per Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) OSHA and/or Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) guidelines per institutional policies.

• Monitors reads documents and interprets all parameters for all types of sterilizers to ensure proper function ((Steam Ethylene Oxide (ETO) and Low Temperature Hydrogen Peroxide)).

• Monitors staffing levels against budgeted targets and adjusts to meet goals. Keeps management informed and involved as appropriate to proactively address staffing or other employee issues.

• Maintains the shifts monthly schedule and daily shift assignments provides input on staff performance evaluation and assists in the development of the department budgets needs

• Collaborates with Materials Management to identify supply needs and ordering of nonsterile items in need of processing.

• Leads and identifies opportunities for practice changes and performance improvement. Investigates and incorporates evidencebased practices which are presented to shared governance and leadership. Supports change initiatives and adapts to unexpected changes

• Identifies staff development opportunities for professional growth of colleagues provides coaching to meet identified goals. Identifies and assists department educator in scheduling of necessary inservices for department staff related to new products changes in procedure etc. Provides oversight for new employee preceptorships. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an ongoing basis.

• High School diploma or equivalent education (examples include: GED verification of homeschool equivalency partial or full completion of postsecondary education etc.)

• Six years of Sterile Processing experience in an acute care hospital

• CRCST Certified Registered Central Service Technician (HSPA) OR
• CSPDT Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CBSPD) AND
• CIS Certified Instrument Specialist (HSPA) within 1 year OR
• CSIS Certified Surgical Instrument Specialist (CBSPD) within 1 year

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job determined through ongoing skills competency assessments and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking reading and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients physicians family members and coworkers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Advanced knowledge of infection control decontamination and sterilization techniques

• Knowledge and ability to operate troubleshoot and train staff on all departmental equipment including but no limited to sterilizers washers ultrasonic washers and cart washers.

• Independently demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job determined through ongoing skills competency assessments and performance evaluations

• Proficiency in utilization of basic computer programs such as Microsoft Office and electronic instrument tracking system if applicable.

• Utilizes all departmental equipment according to manufacturers instructions for use and departmental polices and protocols

• Demonstrates proper phone etiquette when responding to inquiries made to the department

• Completes departmental and institutional competencies within established required timelines.

• Maintains patient and family privacy

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform Yes
• Scrubs Yes
• Business professional No
• Other (department approved) No

ONCALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be oncall during emergencies (ie. DIsaster Severe Weather Events etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* Yes

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area No
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Since its founding in 1919 Houston Methodist Hospital has earned worldwide recognition. Houston Methodist Hospital is affiliated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New YorkPresbyterian Hospital one of the nations leading centers for medical education and research. In 2020 U.S. News & World ReportnamedHouston Methodist Hospitalto its top ranked Honor Roll for the fourth time and second consecutive year. 2020 also marked the ninth year in a row Houston Methodist Hospital has been named the No. 1 hospital in Texas. Houston Methodist Hospital directs millions of research dollars into patient care and offers the latest innovations in medical surgical and diagnostic techniques. With 952 operating beds 85 operating rooms and over 8000 employees Houston Methodist offers complete care for patients from around the world.

The same highquality care for which Houston Methodist is known is available at several Emergency Care Centers in Houston and the surrounding areas. These Emergency Care Centers house exam rooms full digital radiography suite low radiation dose 16slice CT scan ultrasound and a full onsite stat chemistry lab.