Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing Chief)

About the position

The Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Chief of Sterile Processing) is located within Sterile Processing service line at the Bedford VA Healthcare center in Bedford, Massachusetts. The position is permanent and full time at 40 hours per week. This position is interdisciplinary, and can also be hired as an RN. If you are interested in applying as an RN, please see the concurrent job announcement CBTD-12708890-25-EG with the same closing date.

Responsibilities

• Provides health system-wide leadership for critical and semi-critical RMD, including sterile storage, reprocessing, standard operating procedures (SOP), competency assessment, selection, operation, and maintenance of reprocessing equipment, staff education program for RMDs, and quality management of SPS.
• Assesses, monitors, develops, and implements corrective action plans for instrument processing, decontamination, sterilization, storage, biological monitoring, and high-level disinfection monitoring through an SPS Quality Management System.
• Maintains oversight and availability for consultation of non-critical RMD.
• Assesses the environment, analyzes trends, transmits data, communicates ideas, develops and implements policies, initiates programs and systems, and collaborates in the management of resources.
• Utilizes patient care practices, microbiology, asepsis, disinfection/sterilization process, adult education, infectious diseases, communication, program administration and epidemiology.
• Oversees evidence-based practice (EBP) infection control relating to sterile processing standards.
• Manages education program development, evaluating concepts and project development, mentoring staff, and medical providers in sterile processing principles and in the implementation of projects, data collection techniques, statistical analysis, and developing evidence based clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Demonstrates leadership in developing and maintaining productive working relationships with groups in other medical programs and services across the spectrum of care.
• Executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for integrated programs that cross service and or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and safe, infection-free health care.
• Collaborates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to sterile processing and infection control practices throughout the healthcare system.
• Collaborates with various surgical proprietary vendors that provide instrumentation that allow the agency to maintain inventory par levels that support the complex surgical cases.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in sterile processing or related healthcare field.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of infection control practices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.