Director, Sterile Processing

SSM Health • St. Louis, MO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital 1201 Grand Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2025 - Becker's Healthcare Named One of the World’s Happiest Workplace 2025 – WorkL Named One of America's Best In-State Employers 2025 - Forbes Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025 – Newsweek Named One of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Culture, Belonging & Community 2026 – Newsweek SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900+ providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve. With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves. To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact: Jon Dirksen Executive Talent Partner [email protected] #LI-Onsite Job Summary: Leads all aspects of operational workflows, resources, standards, policies, and procedures related to the decontamination, inspection, high level disinfection, sterilization, and distribution of inventoried items within the system. Conducts ongoing review of Regional Sterile Processing policies, procedures, and guidelines; implements revisions as necessary. Continually assesses all services, identifies problems, utilizes data to analyze and propose innovative approaches for solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent years of experience and education
• Seven years' experience, with five years in direct people management/leadership
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching and gripping.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Rare crawling, sitting and keyboard use/data entry.
• Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) - The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD)

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages operational initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Prepares and delivers reports to operational leadership outlining progress toward meeting annual goals and objectives, to include performance related to finance, clinical activity, quality, and safety.
• Develops and implements clinical outcome measures for quality improvement, cost and complication reduction, and the implementation of evidence-based medicine.
• Incorporates the use of evidence-based practice and appreciative enquiry into program development and improvement activities.
• Provide Regional oversight for Sterile Processing standard work, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Responsible for coordination of Regional Sterile Processing leaders.
• Assesses manager and staff development needs, identifies goals and provides resources.
• Accountable for departmental budgets, regulatory compliance, departmental contracts, vendor relations, and quality and process compliance of all sterilization activities throughout the health system.
• Directs and provides guidance to managers to effectively allocate resources based on patient volume, space availability, budget constraints, and program priorities, goals, and objectives.
• Maintain records related to operations and services that are complete, accurate, available, and in compliance with all legal, regulatory, and policy requirements.
• Works collaboratively with regional leadership, Peri-Op management, surgeons, Infection Prevention and Control, facilities, biomed, and other appropriate leadership, and committees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees