Director of Sterile Processing Services- Orlando Health, Lakeland Highlands Hospital - Orlando Health

Department: Orlando Health- Corporate VP Administration
Status: Full Time
Title: Director of Sterile Processing Services- Orlando Health, Lakeland Highlands Hospital

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The Director of Sterile Processing Services has 24-hour responsibility for Sterile Processing and Instrument Delivery processes within the
facility including the main operating room, Ambulatory Care Center – Surgery, and both inpatient and outpatient clinics.In collaboration
with the hospital’s Chief Surgical Officer and Perioperative Services Administrator, this individual will have oversight for developing
processes and protocols that facilitate surgical and procedural efficiency.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for effective fiscal management of departmental operations, to ensure proper utilization of corporate financial
  resources.
• Directs activities related to all aspects of the instrument delivery and on-site sterilization processes.
• Ensures that departmental work processes provide a safe and cost-effective process for packaging and protecting instrumentation
  for sterilization, transportation, storage, and aseptic presentations.
• Responsible for ongoing sterilization efficacy testing to ensure that sterilization processes meet regulatory requirements.
• Assumes responsibility for presenting a positive representation of corporate and departmental services.
• Responsible for human resource management to achieve quality services and positive employee relations.
• Remains professional under stress and is responsible for communication interdepartmentally as well as intradepartmental to
  ensure that information is shared for effective daily operations.
• Works with the educator to ensure that ongoing on-site education is provided based on both individual and departmental needs.
• Works with the educator to maintain an in-house training program for sterile processing technicians.
• Coordinates staffing needs and reviews coverage requirements on daily basis. Responsibilities include hiring and evaluation of
  potential employees, and preparing and implementing approved budget initiatives for the department.
• Coordinates operating activities with other departments as necessary.
• Creates and maintains Corporate SPD and Patient Care IPC Sterile Processing policies and procedures.
• Serves as chair of Corporate Sterile Processing Committee
• Actively participates in multi-departmental special projects to assist and ensure compliance with current standards.
• Serves as resource for other Orlando Health SPD locations and clinical areas.
• Manages high volumes and extensive level of complexity in instrumentation inventory for tertiary and trauma care.
• Meets with new physicians and nursing operations managers in physician practices to establish instrumentation and service needs
  for clinic and surgery.
• Focuses on a proactive approach in anticipating and preventing potential problems within the department.
• May delegate responsibilities and duties to both professional and non-professional personnel.
• May be responsible for assessment, forecasting and restocking of inventory and surgical supplies.
• Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state
  and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Education/Training
Bachelor degree.

Licensure/Certification
Maintains one of the following certifications:

• Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) through the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA); or
• Certified Healthcare Leader (CHL) through the International Association of Central Service Material Management
  (IAHCSMM); or
• SPD Technician Certification (CSPDT) through the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD); or
• Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Manager (CSPDM) through the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and
  Distribution (CBSPD); or
• Certified in Sterile Processing Management (CSPM) through the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution
  (CBSPD).

Experience
Eight (8) to Ten (10) years of management experience in SPD/CS/OR. Must possess working knowledge of sterile processing processes