Sterile Processing Supervisor

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Sterile Processing Supervisor to join the team! This role will be a full-time Full-time (40 hrs/week) Evening Shift: Monday to Friday 2:00pm-10:30pm. We offer great pay based on experience, plus, don’t forget about our other amazing benefits and perks!

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Inova Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, and more
  
  

Sterile Processing Supervisor Job Responsibilities

• Looks at the OR schedule to prioritize instrumentation that is needed.
• Differentiates by specialty based on OR schedule.
• Provides alternate solutions when instrumentation is not available.
• In collaboration with the OR charge nurse, reviews OR schedules and add-on cases, anticipating needs and/or conflicts with instrumentation, and offers alternative instrumentation as indicated.
• Collaborates with Unit Management and sales representatives to coordinate loaner instrumentation and product evaluation/changes.
• Assembles instrumentation accurately and efficiently and ensures sterility of all processed items.
• Investigates problems/concerns and utilizes proactive problem-solving to meet customer needs.
• Collects and analyzes data to improve work processes and makes recommendations to resolve problems and facilitate desired outcomes.
• Responsible for daily review of all charts and biological/chemical tests from all sterilizers and following established protocols for positive biological results.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma or GED
• Experience: Three years of Sterile Processing and/or OR Tech experience required. Enrollment in sterile processing technician course. Course completion within one year of being hired.
• Certification
• CRCST or CBSPD certification from The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (CRCST) or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) upon start
• Certified Sterile Processing Management (CSPM) or Certified Healthcare Leader (CHL) certification to be obtained in one year of assignment if not already certified.