Director, Central Sterile Processing at Barnes Jewish Hospital

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

14h

About The Position

Director, Central Sterile Processing for Barnes Jewish Hospital
This leader will oversee multiple locaitons to include North and South Campuses and the CSPD on the main academic campus.
They will also have oversight of the Orthopedic Center, CAM-South County, and new facility opening at Sunset Hills.
This Director will have 9 direct reports and 147 additional FTE's reporting up.
This is a team that is currently growing and they are potentially adding an additional 20 FTE's in the near future.
The ideal leader should have at least 5-7 years working with CSPD with another 3+ years in a leadership role.
Certifications required include:
CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) from HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association)

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Perioperative Services team members find the kind of fast-paced environment that will test their professional judgment and critical thinking skills, and encourage tremendous growth. It's an exhilarating place to build a career. Here, you'll work with world-renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists assist on unique and complex procedures, work with the latest technologies and treatments and play a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols. In fact, people from all over the nation and the world come to Barnes-Jewish for our surgical specialties.

Role Purpose
The Director will oversee, guide and audit the clinical practice, operations and compliance related to the cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of instrumentation. They will establish departmental quality goals and objectives and develop and implement standardized departmental policies and procedures. Must demonstrate extensive and complete knowledge of Hospital as well as outside regulatory agency requirements such as infection prevention guidelines, AORN standards, JCAHO, AAMI and IAHCSMM and effectively apply this knowledge to manage systems and processes to ensure the highest level of patient care and personnel development. Will actively collaborate with Hospital infection prevention and regulatory departments as well as multidisciplinary teams to improve institution’s cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree - Business/Healthcare related
• 2-5 years
• 5-10 years Supervisor Experience
• CRCST

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• 5-10 years
• 10+ years Supervisor Experience

Responsibilities

• Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: onboarding and hiring, training, workload management & performance evaluations, conducting professional development plans as needed. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.
• Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets. Responds to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.
• Direct the delivery, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of sterile processing services throughout the hospital to ensure optimal service supporting excellence in patient care outcomes.
• Establish and maintain all policies and procedures required in sterile processing in accordance with applicable guidelines. Administer policies and procedures that contribute to the accomplishment of financial, material, and human resource objectives and ensure all staff are trained and compliant to established polices.
• Lead sterile processing employee engagement strategy to insure an engaged and committed work force by maintaining visibility in all areas of the department, engage staff to ensure that they have the tools needed to perform their job and that staff are recognized for their contributions.
• Provides leadership and direction for the department through oversight of budgetary management, financial stewardship, and education to ensure financial goals are achieved.
• Serves as the administrator always ensuring facility readiness by providing structure and coordinates rounds focused on facility condition to ensure compliance with standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees