Sterile Processing Quality Manager - DUH - Sterile Processing
Company: Duke Health
Location: Durham
Posted on: January 25, 2023
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Job Description:
Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is
consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is
known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking
research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient
beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic
facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major
surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery
center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with
nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional
radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked
Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties:
cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear,
nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology
& neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung
surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first
in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area. In addition
to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically
dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary
care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and
outpatient surgery centers.Occ SummaryResponsible for providing
daily oversight of the operations for assigned agencies. Sterile
Processing units. In collaboration with the SPD Leadership,
develops and activates annual departmental strategic and
operational plans.Actively leads performance improvement, quality,
and patient safety initiates associated with high level
disinfection, sterilization, and instrumentation transport to
ensure risk of environmental cross- contamination is minimized and
health of staff is safeguarded. Serves as an expert on
sterilization processes and systems. Assures compliance with
policies and procedures and all regulatory and accrediting -Work
Performed -Supervises Sterile Processing staff ensuring maximum
productivity and issues effectiveness to include staffing and
evaluating work performance. Implements, monitors, and improves the
department workflow to optimize safe patient outcomes. Monitors
activities on a 24 hour/7 day week basis to ensure adequate work
flow and to allow for rapid adjustments as indicated. Ensures staff
is oriented, trained, and appropriately credentialed to meet
competencies established within the department and hospital
mandatory requirements. Supervises all decontamination and
sterilization processing producing results in conformance with
departmental goals and objectives and regulatory compliance.
Ensures timeliness of instrumentation turnover, coordinates with OR
with regard to instrument replacement, functionality and
setcompleteness. Ensures all SPD patient care equipment and
distribution equipment is properly maintained; ensures that all
department processing equipment is operating as required. Monitors
and ensures daily operational compliance with the standards
governing sterile processing activities. Identifies emerging trends
in sterile processing to achieve better outcomes. Works with SPD
Educator to coordinate and monitor staff training program. Ensures
all staff is knowledgeable as to applicable standards, procedures
and safety requirements. Keeps current with trends and advances in
methods of sterile processing by attending training sessions or
professional forums and/or reading health care literature.
Participates in development and/or revision of department operating
policies and procedures; responsible for keeping departmental
policies current to satisfy hospital and regulatory agency
requirements. Coordinates preparation of budgetary recommendations
of assigned units, monitors, verifies and reconciles expenditures
of budgeted funds. Hires, coaches, trains, and implements
corrective action as necessary. Provides development and mentoring
opportunities for staff. Develops relationships with physicians,
nurses, and other department customers to enable conversations
around service, safety and financial. -Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities -Knowledge of AAMI standards, Association of Professional
Infection practices. Control (APIC), and Association of Operating
Room Nurses (AORN). Ability to problem solve -department issues and
maintains clinical. Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Able to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Competent in leadership for designated scope of responsibility.
Ability to remain calm under stressful situations. -Level
Characteristics -N/A -Minimum Qualifications -
-EducationAssociate's degree in a related healthcare field
required. Bachelor's degree in related healthcare field preferred.
-Experience -Five years' experience in a sterile processing or
similar setting, including at least 2 years in a supervisory
capacity. -Degrees, Licensures, Certifications -Current
certification as a Sterile Processing Technician through an
preferred accredited organization (CRCST- Certified Registered
Central Service Tech, IAHCSMM, or Certified Sterile Processing and
Distribution Technician CBSPD) required. Certification as CHL -
IAHCSMM; Certification in Health Care Leadership - Duke is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to
providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's
age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity,
genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, or veteran status. - Duke aspires to create a
community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and
belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of
ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our
perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve
this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community
feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals
are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our
community have a responsibility to uphold these values. - Essential
Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke
University Health System may include essentialjob functions that
require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional
information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation
will be provided by each hiring department. -
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