Central Sterile Education Coordinator

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital•Rapid City, SD

26d•$19 - $24

About The Position

Plans, organizes, and coordinates all aspects of educational programming to meet employee, community, and regulatory training needs or requirements. Works autonomously with central sterile supervisor to coordinate, track, and audit education activities. Ensures regulatory agency standards are being met and accurately reported. Demonstrates a commitment to cost effectiveness and customer satisfaction by establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships, by promoting professionalism, and by communicating effectively. Performs and is proficient in job duties that are required for employees within surgical services. Provide positive leadership as an extension of the management team. Helps direct shift priorities and performs appropriate delegation to ensure the team accomplishes shift goals. Performs all processing duties of medical/surgical supplies and equipment, both sterile and non-sterile, which include preparing, cleaning, processing, storing, and issuing. Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include: Supportive work culture Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account Instant pay is available for qualifying positions Paid Time Off Accrual Bank Opportunities for growth and advancement Tuition assistance/reimbursement Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions Flexible scheduling

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED Equivalent
1+ years of Sterile Processing Experience
Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) - Accredited University or Training Center

Nice To Haves

Associates in Health Sciences
3+ years of Sterile Processing Experience

Responsibilities

Plans and coordinates in-house and educational programs, including seminars, symposiums, workshops, and other events necessary to accomplish the mission.
Responsible for onboarding, orientation, and mentoring of new staff. Along with arranging time in the OR for new staff.
Achieves positive results by persistence and diligence and attains amiable results from peers.
Collects post-course reaction evaluation from all trainees to measure the progress and to evaluate effectiveness of training.
Create Standard Work based on industry best practice.
Create weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual in-service/educational topic during department meeting.
Completes projects without direct supervision, employing initiative, innovation, and time management skills as observed by the director.
Confer with manager, supervisor, and staff to gain knowledge of work situations requiring training and to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations, business initiatives and technologies.
Continually evaluates programs and modifies as needs of the institution or environment change to obtain best utilization of resources and transfer of learning.
Contributes to development and accomplishment of department goals as evidenced by active participation in formulation, accomplishment, and communication of goals.
Shares knowledge with co-workers through open communication and continuous development of skills.
Assists supervisor in day-to-day activities to include answering phones, daily staff assignment sheet and communications with staff members on instrument requirements and availability.
Assist Central Sterile staff with competencies within CensiTrac.
Assist Central Sterile supervisor with IFU (Instructions For Use) documentation and update as needed.
Responsible for management notification when items are missing or become broken.
Review IFU for any newly acquired instruments and develop in-service for staff education prior to go live of new products.
Perform individual and/or group in-services with central sterile staff based on Quality incidents tracked in CensiTrac and reported to central sterile leadership.
Applies and enforces regulations, standards, and hospital policy and procedures pertaining to all areas of sterile processing.
All other duties as assigned.