Director

• Leads all aspects of operational workflows, resources, standards, policies, and procedures related to the decontamination, inspection, high level disinfection, sterilization, and distribution of inventoried items within the system.
• Conducts ongoing review of Regional Sterile Processing policies, procedures, and guidelines; implements revisions as necessary.
• Continually assesses all services, identifies problems, utilizes data to analyze and propose innovative approaches for solutions.
• Develops and manages operational initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Prepares and delivers reports to operational leadership outlining progress toward meeting annual goals and objectives, to include performance related to finance, clinical activity, quality, and safety.
• Develops and implements clinical outcome measures for quality improvement, cost and complication reduction, and the implementation of evidence-based medicine.
• Incorporates the use of evidence-based practice and appreciative enquiry into program development and improvement activities.
• Provide Regional oversight for Sterile Processing standard work, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Responsible for coordination of Regional Sterile Processing leaders.
• Assesses manager and staff development needs, identifies goals and provides resources.
• Accountable for departmental budgets, regulatory compliance, departmental contracts, vendor relations, and quality and process compliance of all sterilization activities throughout the health system.
• Directs and provides guidance to managers to effectively allocate resources based on patient volume, space availability, budget constraints, and program priorities, goals, and objectives.
• Maintain records related to operations and services that are complete, accurate, available, and in compliance with all legal, regulatory, and policy requirements.
• Works collaboratively with regional leadership, Peri-Op management, surgeons, Infection Prevention and Control, facilities, biomed, and other appropriate leadership, and committees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Director, Sterile Processing

Clinic Director, BCBA