Manager - Sterile Processing Technician at Baylor Scott & White Health

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a Sterile Processing Technician Manager for a job in Mckinney, Texas.

• Specialty: Sterile Processing Technician
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Job Summary

As a Sterile Processing Manager, you will manage activities related to sterile processing. You are responsible for ensuring compliance with all processes. You will oversee multiple sites and manage large teams to ensure industry standards are followed.

What You'll Do

You'll oversee sterile processing, ensure equipment is decontaminated and sterilized efficiently, and manage surgical supply purchase and distribution.
You will direct your team, making recommendations on hiring, firing, reviews, training, delegation, and troubleshooting.
You will need to ensure that supplies, instruments, and equipment are restocked accurately and timely. You also must clean specialty carts daily.
You will oversee preventive maintenance of equipment as per guidelines to maintain excellent standards. Ensure all equipment is working.
The position involves close collaboration with surgeons and other departments, verifying that set-ups for instrumentation are accurate and appropriate.
You will help create communications, training, and onboarding programs for product use and services.
You will help develop policies for sterile processing to control infection risks among patients and staff. You must monitor staff compliance with regulatory requirements during the decontamination process.
What Will Make You Successful In The Role

Good understanding of medical supplies and instruments, as well as how hospitals and clinics operate.
Comprehensive understanding of aseptic techniques.
Familiarity with various types of sterilizers and cleaning equipment, and ability to ensure their efficient operation.
Experience with the Ethylene Oxide (ETO) sterilization process and Spill Plan Alarm System, if relevant.
Exceptional written and spoken communication capabilities.
Exceptional attention to detail combined with excellent time management abilities.
Customer service-focused mindset. Ability to communicate professionally with healthcare providers, insurance companies, physicians, and all staff within and outside the company.
A deep understanding of relevant regulatory requirements.
Belonging Statement

We believe everyone should feel valued and supported, and our workforce should mirror our community.

LOCATION: Baylor Scott & White Health Medical Center, McKinney, Texas

SPECIALTY/DEPARTMENT: Sterile Processing

SHIFT/SCHEDULE: Full time days, M-F, 24x7 oversight of SPD Operations

Qualifications

Completion of an associate degree or, alternatively, 2 years of relevance in work experience above the minimum requirement.
Minimum 3 years of prior work experience in a similar field.
Must have one of the following: LVN or Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Certified Board Sterile Pricing&Dist (CBSPD) or Certified Sterile Proc/Distr Tech (CSPDT) or Sterile Processing Mgmt Certification (CSPM) or -- Certified Reg Central Service Tech through IAHCSMM (CRCST).

PREFERRED:

Bachelors degree
5 years of applicable experience
Certified Healthcare Leader through HSPA or Sterile Processing Management Certification (CSPM)

Baylor Scott & White Health Job ID #24014512.

As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,100 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans.

• Holiday Pay
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1
• Life insurance
• Discount program