Manager - Central Processing

UNC Health; Raleigh; Presencial; CAD 121 000 - 156 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks an experienced administrator for the Central Sterile department. You will manage operations, staffing, and budgets, ensuring high quality sterile processing and infection prevention standards.

Responsibilities include leadership, staff development, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration with surgical teams and infection control.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree required; education may be substituted with related experience at the stated rate.
• SPD Certification is required.
• Five years of sterile processing experience with two years in a supervisory role.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee administrative management of Central Sterile department to ensure quality services.
• Lead, coach, and evaluate staff; manage budget and resources per UNC Health policies.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation standards and infection control practices.
• Develop educational opportunities and participate in strategic departmental goals.
• Monitor performance, improve customer satisfaction, and drive continuous improvement.

Conhecimentos

Sterilization knowledge

Infection prevention standards

Surgical instrumentation knowledge

Communication & collaboration

Priority & multitasking

Team leadership & accountability

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline

Experience-based education substitution (2 years for 1 year)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Responsible for the administrative management of the Central Sterile department. This includes responsibility for providing quality services, leadership, human resource stewardship/management, financial stewardship, regulatory accreditation issues, and professional development of these areas.

Responsibilities

• Accesses and utilizes appropriate administrative/clinical/financial systems. Acquires and maintains quantitative skills for data analysis. Aligns work unit goals with organizational strategic direction.
• Creates an educational environment conducive to learning. Demonstrates active support of organizational initiatives. Demonstrates corporate citizenship by participating in activities external to assigned work unit/departments. Leads in change efforts for improvement in work quality. Monitors quality of work product for work unit/sector. Participates in formation of strategic goals at the departmental level.
• Analyzes sentinel events and errors and develops and implements strategies to address the conditions that contributed to these situations. Delivers safe, effective services.
• Identifies key customers and needs. Maintains a high level of customer satisfaction. Maintains accountability for annual competency assessment of staff. Monitors unit(s) performance and ensures scores are showing improvement. Utilizes IMPACT CARE and AIDE methodologies effectively.
• Attends required orientation prior to initiation of new systems. Maintains familiarity with standards of appropriate discipline/professional work group. Participates in appropriate educational opportunities. Seeks opportunities for professional growth.
• Conducts and documents regularly recurring staff meetings at which pertinent information such as policy and procedure changes are communicated. Creates an environment conducive to retaining staff. Effectively recruits, selects, hires, coaches, and uses appropriate corrective actions with staff in accordance with UNC HCS policies and procedures. Encourages staff to celebrate successes, express concerns and identify opportunities for improvements. Implements strategies to improve employee satisfaction inclusive of strategies to involve employees in decision making. Provides staff with accurate annual performance feedback and the opportunity to set developmental goals.
• Develops and submits budgetary requests on or before stated deadlines. Implements strategies to increase revenue/decrease costs and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply and equipment resources. Makes necessary adjustments to ensure goals are achieved and/or meet budget projections. Monitors and analyzes budgetary trends. Recognizes opportunities for increases in productivity, cost savings, and revenue generation.
• Ensures work unit is in compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and accreditation issues. Maintains familiarity with applicable rules, regulations, and accreditation issues. Participates in activities designed to monitor and improve compliance.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline.
• Education may be substituted with relevant experience at a rate of two (2) years of experience for one (1) year of education. For example, a bachelor’s degree (4 years) may be met with 8 years of related experience, or a combination of both on a prorated basis.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• SPD Certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Five (5) years of experience in sterile processing, including two (2) years in a supervisory role.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of sterilization methods.
• In-depth understanding of infection prevention standards.
• Knowledge of surgical instrumentation, tray assembly, and equipment handling.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with surgical teams, physicians, and infection control staff.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a high-volume, fast-paced environment; ability to adapt to changing regulations, technologies, and organizational needs.
• Ability to lead and motivate a diverse team while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Central Processing Department

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.