Sterile Processing Educator (Evening)

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals! Join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work – excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED required.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience which includes extensive knowledge of recommended sterile processing practices as advised by AAMI standards.
Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) required upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree/college diploma is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide education, orientation and ongoing in-services for the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) on all three shifts and weekend shifts when necessary.
Participate in the staff performance review process, including providing feedback to management regarding competency and completion of required educational programs.
Ensure that all staff completes annual competency review and that all new employees complete a new employee orientation within 90 days of hire.
Coordinate weekly in-services (reminders) for staff.
Follow management direction and ensure that all SPD policies and procedures are in compliance with CMS, TJC, DHS, AAMI and CDC standards.
Ensure that all policies and procedures and services provided ensure fiscal responsibility.
Maintain employee education files for staff.
Responsible for maintaining documentation for proof of certification.
Conduct an annual educational needs assessment, incorporating staff competency needs and performance improvement objectives defined by management.
Develops, coordinates, implements and evaluates both a new employee orientation and departmental orientation program for SPD staff.
Serve as a mentor for all employees and model best practice according to AAMI standards.
Ensure health system educational requirements are included in the training programs.
Collaborate with others to design in-services, competencies and orientation programs to meet the needs of staff.
Educate and motivate staff through appropriate orientation, training, communication of expectations and industry standards.
Establish, document and maintain a system to ensure competency for all essential job functions by subordinate staff.
Continually assess the competency and performance level of all staff.
Assist Service Line Manager/Director in monitoring deficiencies in performance.
Develop specific training programs/modules in response to process improvement opportunities and requirements.
Maintain accurate, timely and complete records pertaining to staff education whether departmental and/or Medical Center.
Review existing policies and procedures for staff compliance.
Assist Management in ensuring that all areas are staffed with competent individuals.
Interact frequently with department managers and all health system customers regarding any procedural requests, other related needs and opportunities.
Promote an organizational focus by establishing goals consistent with those of the organization by facilitating collaboration and coordination for interdepartmental problem-solving and supporting new concepts that enhance the functioning of operations.
Function as a positive, creative and effective leader, actively participating in performance improvement activities and consulting in implementation of education programs and advancing the departmental career ladder.
Assure that their area of responsibility maintains a customer focus by serving as a role model with consistent focus on customer relations, providing feedback regarding positive and negative customer comments and participating in customer satisfaction initiatives.
Develop and administer annual needs assessment and demonstrate integration of needs into annual training program.
Conduct SPD certification review courses for staff.
Ensure compliance with state and federal laws, accreditation, professional and regulatory agency standards and licensure requirements.
Maintain compliance with policies, procedures and protocols.
Ensure compliance with state and federal laws, accreditation, professional and regulatory agency standards and licensure requirements.
Maintain compliance with policies, procedures and protocols. (including and approving all IFU before adding to SPM tracking System).
Any additional needs of the department and Management of Sterile Processing.