Manager, Sterile Processing Services - Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
Department: Sterile Supply
Status: Full Time
Shift: First
ReqID: req29767
ADDRESS:
701 6th Street South,
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701,
United States
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg on Florida’s Gulf coast, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg has served the residents of the region for more than 100 years and joined the Orlando Health system in 2020. Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a 480-bed tertiary care center equipped to provide comprehensive medical and surgical care. The hospital offers many areas of expertise, including surgery and trauma, neuroscience, cardiology, acute rehabilitation and obstetrics. The hospital has a 38-bed neurosciences unit with a dedicated neurology team consisting of board-certified neuroscience specialists and physicians with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease, and includes a Level IV Epilepsy Center. In partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Baby Place offers full obstetrical services and is a Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center, one of only 12 in Florida. The hospital also is home to the Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Cardiac Cath Lab, located in the James Heart Center, which offers a full range of cardiovascular care and an on-site inpatient rehabilitation unit, as well as the nearby Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center.
Position Summary
The Manager of Sterile Processing Services has 24-hour responsibility for Sterile Processing and Instrument Delivery processes within the facility.
Education/Training
Associate degree.
Licensure/Certification
Maintains one of the following certifications:
- ? Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) through the International Association of Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM); 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
Five years of management experience in SPD/CS/OR. Must possess working knowledge of sterile processing processes.
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.
- ? 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.
Other Related Functions
- ? Actively participates in departmental performance improvement activities.
- ? Demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patient rights and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- ? Invests in their own personal growth and must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population served in the unit.
- ? Actively participates in both formal and informal educational programming.
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