What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sterile Processing Supervisor position at Duke University Health System?
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About Duke Regional Hospital
Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. With 388 beds it is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.
Schedule
The Sterile Processing Supervisor will oversee the daily operations of the sterile processing department, ensuring compliance with infection control policies and standards set by AAMI, AORN, and the Joint Commission. This role involves direct supervision of sterile processing personnel, facilitating departmental efficiencies, and acting as a liaison between the OR and SPD to ensure timely and accurate instrumentation readiness.
Duties And Responsibilities
Education
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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.
About Duke Regional Hospital
Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. With 388 beds it is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.
Schedule
- Monday - Friday: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
The Sterile Processing Supervisor will oversee the daily operations of the sterile processing department, ensuring compliance with infection control policies and standards set by AAMI, AORN, and the Joint Commission. This role involves direct supervision of sterile processing personnel, facilitating departmental efficiencies, and acting as a liaison between the OR and SPD to ensure timely and accurate instrumentation readiness.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Supervise and schedule staff to ensure smooth workflow in the department.
- Provide daily direction, mentorship, and development opportunities for staff.
- Ensure compliance with infection control and sterilization standards.
- Coordinate and maintain departmental workflow in decontamination, inspection, cleaning, assembling, and packaging of surgical instruments and equipment.
- Monitor inventory of supplies and equipment, coordinate procurement and stocking activities, and recommend optimal par levels.
- Facilitate timely ordering of instrumentation and supplies, and identify opportunities for cost reduction and expense control.
- Develop and implement solutions to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and productivity.
- Provide ongoing communication with staff and ancillary departments, and participate in hospital teams to share information and problem-solve.
Education
- Associate's degree in a related field preferred.
- Two years of sterile processing leadership experience may be substituted for the Associate's degree. This experience is separate from the requirements outlined in the Experience section.
- Minimum of three years of experience as a Sterile Processing Technician to include either one year of previous leadership experience in a team lead/supervisory or peer leadership capacity.
- In addition to extensive SPD knowledge, other skillsets preferred are as follows; strong customer service, team building, multitasking, attention to detail, organization, and with demonstrated communication skills (diplomacy and tact).
- Current certification as a Sterile Processing Technician through an accredited organization (CRCST - Certified Registered Central Service Tech, HSPA, or Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician CBSPD).
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.