Sterile Processing Lead
Sterile Processing Lead
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Job Description
Why ThedaCare
Living A Life Inspired!
Our new vision at ThedaCare is bold ambitious and ignited by a shared passion to provide outstanding care. We are inspired to reinvent health care by becoming a proactive partner in health enriching the lives of all and creating value in everything we do. Each of us are called to take action in delivering higher standards of care lower costs and a healthier future for our patients our families our communities and our world.
At ThedaCare our team members are empowered to be the catalyst of change through our values of compassion excellence leadership innovation and agility. A career means much more than excellent compensation and benefits. Our team members are supported by continued opportunities for learning and development accessible and transparent leadership and a commitment to work/life balance. If youre interested in joining a health care system that is changing the face of care and well-being in our community we encourage you to explore a future with ThedaCare.
Benefits with a whole-person approach to wellness
- Lifestyle Engagement
- e.g. health coaches relaxation rooms health focused apps (Wonder Ripple) mental health support
- Access & Affordability
- e.g. minimal or zero copays team member cost sharing premiums daycare
Summary :
The Sterile Processing Lead helps assign team members and oversees workflow efficiency instrument processing and activities within the sterile processing department. Collaborates and develops relationships with medical staff team members hospital and clinic customers patients and visitors. Promotes process improvement and quality initiatives. Helps support departmental adherence to ThedaCare policies regulatory standards and compliance.Job Description:
SCHEDULE:
- PM shift 2p-10:30p
Key Accountabilities
- Ensures optimal high-level disinfection and sterile processing performance through quality controls established within the department and set forth by AAMI OSHA Joint Commission and AORN.
- Acts as a resource to employees which includes training/orienting providing day to day work direction and giving input on performance. Assigns monitors and reviews progress and accuracy of work directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues.
- Receives and processes instrumentation supplies and equipment from the operating room hospital departments clinics and outside customers in a timely manner.
- Ensures safety and quality of items processed via disassembly inspection and decontamination.
- Performs assembly and packaging of instrumentation for sterilization.
- Performs decontamination sterilization and high-level disinfection of instrumentation and endoscopes based on specific instruction for use to ensure patient safety.
- Performs and records required daily quality checks on the sterile processing environment instrumentation and equipment. Collects coordinates and audits documentation ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory standards.
- Follows standards for handling instrumentation and equipment including AAMI standards and manufacturers instruction for use
- Serves as liaison and resource for sterile processing perioperative services and hospital and outside customers.
- Works closely with biomed materials management and supply chain to ensure supplies are available in an efficient and fiscally responsible manner.
- Collaborates with sterile processing trainer and manager to ensure continual compliance with hospital policy and regulatory standards.
Qualifications
- Two to three years Sterile Processing experience preferred
- Previous leadership experience preferred
- Sterile Processing Certification (CRCST or equivalent) and one additional Certification from the following list must be achieved within first year of employment.
Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS)
Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER)
Certified Healthcare Leader (CHL)
Certified Central Service Vendor Partner (CCSVP)
- Physical Demands
- Ability to move freely (standing stooping walking bending pushing and pulling) and lift up to a maximum of fifty (50) pounds without assistance.
- Category 1: Job classification is exposed to blood borne pathogens (blood or bodily fluids) while performing job duties
Work Environment
- Frequent exposure to sharp objects and instruments
- Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts fumes or airborne particles toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
- Occasional high noise level in work environment.
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases hazardous materials and pharmacological agents.
- Occasional contact with aggressive and or combative patients.
Position requires compliance with department specific competencies.
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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Scheduled FTE:
1Location:
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center - Neenah - NeenahWisconsinOvertime Exempt:
NoEmployment Type
Full-Time
