Central Sterile Lead Technician

Tidelands Health•Murrells Inlet, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Central Sterile Supervisor Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day. A Brief Overview The Central Sterile Supervisor is responsible for quality control and the policies and procedures to ensure compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements as described by AAMI, DHEC and Joint Commission across all Company sites of care that provide instrument sterilization. The Central Sterile Supervisor helps to verify the IFU for sterilization, cleaning and sterilizing and selecting the proper storage area. What you will do Support daily operations of all activities that relate to the reprocessing of reusable medical supplies and instrumentation including decontamination, cleaning, assembly, wrapping, sterilization, and storage processes within all set professional standards and regulations. Assists Manager, Central Sterile to ensure proper operational procedures are followed Responsible for directing department workflow based on schedule Communicate gaps/needs in department and assist in providing timely resolution to facility issues or concerns Refer all decisions beyond personal scope of responsibilities to Manager, Central Sterile Reports broken instrumentation and equipment and communicates low par levels of SPD consumable supplies Communicate to Manager, Central Sterile all non-compliance with regulatory and safety issues Lead and participate in in-services and educational offerings pertaining to Central Sterile Promote best demonstrated practices with co-workers through open communication and continuous improvement of skills Maintain a professional relationship with all facility departments to ensure effective, efficient support to the patient caregivers Answer and responds to calls from the OR and other end-users during assigned shift

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED Required
2 - years’ experience demonstrated proficiency in Sterile Processing Required
Ability to complete complex tasks based on applied knowledge under minimal supervision
Able to work on complex and very critical processes and react to urgent needs to ensure OR needs are met – ability to delegate to technicians appropriately
Able to perform assembly on all instrument trays and sets with proficiency
Possess a detailed understanding of instruments and department equipment including special/complex set components
Ability to troubleshoot missing instrument replacements and anticipate tray needs for specials cases/unplanned cases
Acts as a mentor/coach to Sterile Processing Technicians and may provide on-the-spot performance related feedback, when applicable
Ability to assist with training of new employees and/or re-training for specific Standard Operating Procedures.
Ability to use established policies and procedures to complete work assignments
Ability to clearly communicate workflow in the department with technicians and leadership
Basic computer skills and aptitude. Must be capable of learning software programs and/or hardware as required
Extensive knowledge of instrumentation. Proven ability to act as a resource for staff in both SPD and OR regarding identification and assembly of specialty instrument trays
Demonstrated proficiency with all areas of sterile processing including decontamination, cleaning, assembly, wrapping, sterilization, and storage processes within all set professional standards and regulations
Medical instrument knowledge
Knowledge of sterilization and processing equipment
Ability to work daily in a fast-paced, high pressure Healthcare Service environment
Certified Registered Central Service Technician - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association Required

Nice To Haves

Completion of a Sterile Processing/Surgical Technologist program Preferred
Certified Instrument Specialist - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association Preferred
Certified Healthcare Leader - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association Preferred
Certified Endoscope Reprocessor - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association Preferred

Responsibilities

Support daily operations of all activities that relate to the reprocessing of reusable medical supplies and instrumentation including decontamination, cleaning, assembly, wrapping, sterilization, and storage processes within all set professional standards and regulations.
Assists Manager, Central Sterile to ensure proper operational procedures are followed
Responsible for directing department workflow based on schedule
Communicate gaps/needs in department and assist in providing timely resolution to facility issues or concerns
Refer all decisions beyond personal scope of responsibilities to Manager, Central Sterile
Reports broken instrumentation and equipment and communicates low par levels of SPD consumable supplies
Communicate to Manager, Central Sterile all non-compliance with regulatory and safety issues
Lead and participate in in-services and educational offerings pertaining to Central Sterile
Promote best demonstrated practices with co-workers through open communication and continuous improvement of skills
Maintain a professional relationship with all facility departments to ensure effective, efficient support to the patient caregivers
Answer and responds to calls from the OR and other end-users during assigned shift