$49/HR - Sterile Processing Supervisor Contract - FlexStaff
About The Position
The Sterile Processing Supervisor supervises and coordinates the staff and daily operations of Central Sterile services within a hospital. The role ensures staff compliance with sterilization techniques, policies, and procedures, and promotes department goals by selecting, motivating, and training team members. The supervisor leads, hires, trains, disciplines, and evaluates staff, and ensures performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner. The supervisor prioritizes, schedules, assigns, and monitors work to optimize operations, and oversees basic central sterile functions in decontamination and sterile work areas. The role reviews case cart requisitions for accuracy and coordinates completed carts for transfer to the appropriate areas. It ensures proper care and handling of instrumentation, monitors techniques throughout processing, preparation, packaging, sterilization, and Quality Assurance, and serves as a liaison with perioperative areas to coordinate activities and resolve problems. The position also monitors inventory and ordering of stock and non-stock supplies, communicates with perioperative areas and nursing units about required supplies and instrumentation, ensures sterilization activities are documented, and participates in maintaining department records. Other related duties may be assigned. The posting identifies the listed responsibilities as essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Requirements
- Associate’s Degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Current Registered Central Supply Technician Certification.
- Specialized certifications as needed.
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- 0–2 years of leadership or management experience.
Responsibilities
- Promote Sterile Processing department goals by selecting, motivating, and training team members.
- Lead assigned Sterile Processing team members by communicating and providing guidance toward department objectives.
- Supervise, hire, train, discipline, and evaluate staff; ensure performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner.
- Prioritize, schedule, assign, and monitor work to optimize operational service.
- Supervise basic central sterile functions in decontamination and sterile work areas.
- Review case cart requisitions for accuracy and coordinate transfer of completed case carts to necessary areas.
- Ensure proper care and handling of instrumentation received through the decontamination area.
- Monitor proper techniques in instrumentation processing, preparation and packaging, sterilization, and Quality Assurance areas.
- Serve as a liaison between Central Sterile and perioperative areas, coordinating activities and resolving problems.
- Monitor inventory and ordering of stock and non-stock supplies.
- Communicate with perioperative areas and nursing units regarding required supplies and instrumentation.
- Ensure sterilization activities are properly documented and participate in maintaining department records.
- Perform related duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
