Sterile Processing Supervisor - Twin Cities Orthopedics

Revo Health•Edina, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sterile Processing Supervisor is responsible for supervising the day-to-day Sterile Processing operations and team while ensuring excellent patient service and delivery of care. This is a full-time role working Monday - Friday, day shifts out of our Edina Crosstown Surgery Center. Twin Cities Orthopedics is an operating division of Infinite Health Collaborative (i-Health), a group of local medical practices, owned and led by its physicians, on a mission to give patients more control over their healthcare.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED or equivalent required
Current Sterile Processing certification or ability to obtain within one year of hire
Instrument processing/Sterile processing experience required
Two years related experience required
Comply with company policies, procedures, practices and business ethics guidelines.
Complete job required training.
Comply with all applicable laws and regulations, (e.g. HIPAA, Stark, OSHA, employment laws, etc.).
Demonstrate prompt and reliable attendance.
Work in the surgery center during business hours.
Work at an efficient and productive pace, handle interruptions appropriately and meet deadlines.
Communicate and interact in a respectful and professional manner.
Prioritize workload while being flexible to meet the expectations of the daily operations.
Apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Understand and execute a variety of instructions.
Effectively operate equipment and communicate on and operate the phone system.
Work independently with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred
ASC experience preferred
Supervisor experience preferred

Responsibilities

Oversees the Sterile Processing Technicians.
Staffs the Sterile Processing department to accommodate the surgical schedule, and to maintain appropriate staff coverage.
Facilitates department meetings.
Responsible for orientation and training of qualified staff to carry out the duties of their job description, maintaining the Revo ASC quality and performance standards.
Partner with executive director to ensure staff members receive recognition, development, coaching, and when appropriate, counseling, including employee rounding and delivering performance reviews.
Reports occurrences through the center’s established occurrence reporting process related to employee and/or patient/visitor events.
Actively participates in Quality projects, identifying issues, contributing ideas for improvement, and assisting in collection of data for Quality purposes.
Demonstrates knowledge of processes, procedures, quality assurance, chemicals and medical instruments sufficient to be able to decontaminate, assemble, wrap, and sterilize equipment, supplies, and instruments.
Demonstrates knowledge of equipment function sufficient to be able to determine operational adequacy and to distinguish between operator error and equipment malfunction.
Demonstrates knowledge of applicable sanitary, infection control and safety standards sufficient to be able to perform all assignments within the safety parameters.
Independently follows all cleaning checklists thoroughly and appropriately.
Floats readily between all areas of decontamination and sterile processing, providing help as needed.
Applies principles of aseptic technique, standard and transmission precautions.
Assists in the procurement and maintenance of department inventory.
Maintains knowledge of all applicable regulatory standards, including but not limited to AAMI and ANSI standards.
Collaborates with other disciplines to maximize patient outcomes and ensure a smooth flow of the surgical experience.
Participates in acceptable continuing education, fostering career and skill development including meeting departmental continuing education requirements.
Assists in managing controllable costs by the proper, non-wasteful use of surgery center resources.
All other duties as assigned.