Manager - Central Sterile Supply

Location Detail: 100 Grand Street New Britain (10126)

Shift Detail: This position requires the ability to work any shift as needed, including day, evening, night, and weekends.

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JOB SUMMARY:

Manages and organizes the daily operations of the staff and department services. Oversees all sterilization and decontamination services for the department, including receiving, issuing instrumentation and soft goods. Provides for and encourages staff to participate in education to stimulate interest and promote growth and development. Hires, supervises and trains staff. Demonstrates proper knowledge of Sterile Processing procedures. Follows AAMI, TJC, OSHA and CDC guidelines and partners with Infection Prevention (value stream partner) to ensure patient and colleague safety through diligent tracking and continuous improvement efforts.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provides appropriate instrumentation for surgical procedures according to scheduled and anticipated demand.
• Demonstrates ability to manage and execute case cart picking function. Utilizes proper forms and procedures.
• Retrieves case carts from Operating Room and delivers to the decontamination area. Retrieves clinical floor sets form Labor and Delivery and all clinical floors.
• Performs Steam, Sterrad sterilization and is able to disinfect flexible scopes in the Steris unit in a timely and accurate manner ensuring strict adherence to all documented requirements.
• Performs decontamination of medical-surgical instrumentation and equipment accordance to department policies, infection prevention guidelines and manufacturer’s written instructions.
• Efficiently and accurately inspects, assembles, packages and wraps instruments and supplies in preparation and packaging area of Central Sterile Supply according to priority needs and daily assignments.
• Delivers medical-surgical instruments and supplies to patient care areas and the Operating Room Surgical Suites. Stocking of linen and clinical floor sets on clinical floors.
• Adherence to Safety Standards, Blood and Bodily Fluid Precautions and Hand Washing. Strictly follows the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) standards including the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) standards.
• Takes Inventory on all Clinical Floors and OR and replenishes medical–surgical supplies by par level.
• Perform other related duties as required

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Current "Sterile Processing Distribution Technician Certification" from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution Inc.(CBSPD) required or ability to become certified within 18 months of hire.
• One year experience in Central Sterile Supply preferred.
• Ability to read, write and speak English required.

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