Incharge - CSSD

Holy Family Hospital; India; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Holy Family Hospital seeks an experienced CSSD/department head to oversee the sterilization unit. You will coordinate receipt, cleaning, decontamination, sterilization, packing, storage, and distribution of instruments, ensuring SOP adherence and cross-department collaboration with OT and Infection Control.

The role includes staff management, training, QA & NABH compliance, record-keeping, and infection prevention to maintain high standards of patient safety and instrument integrity.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day functioning of the CSSD and ensure smooth departmental operations.
• Plan and coordinate the receipt, cleaning, decontamination, packing, sterilization, storage, and distribution of medical instruments and equipment.
• Ensure the availability of sterile instruments, dressing materials, and procedure sets as per departmental requirements.
• Coordinate with the Operation Theatre (OT), Nursing, Infection Control, and other clinical departments to ensure timely supply of sterile items.
• Ensure that instruments and equipment are processed according to approved sterilization protocols and SOPs.
• Monitor the functioning of autoclaves and other sterilization equipment.
• Ensure the use of appropriate chemical and biological indicators, as applicable, to monitor sterilization effectiveness.
• Maintain sterilization cycle records, load monitoring reports, and equipment performance records.
• Ensure proper segregation of clean, dirty, and sterile areas to prevent cross-contamination.
• Ensure the implementation of infection prevention and control practices within the department.
• Immediately report any sterilization failure, equipment malfunction, or infection control concern to the concerned authority.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, infection control guidelines, and NABH standards.
• Maintain all required CSSD registers, checklists, validation reports, and sterilization records.
• Ensure traceability of sterilized items, including batch or load identification, wherever applicable.
• Participate in internal and external audits and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for identified non-conformities.
• Ensure that sterilization equipment is validated, calibrated, and maintained as per the prescribed schedule.
• Monitor departmental quality indicators and take corrective action wherever required.
• Allocate duties and responsibilities to CSSD staff and ensure adequate staffing for departmental operations.
• Monitor staff attendance, punctuality, performance, and adherence to departmental protocols.
• Conduct training for staff on cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, biomedical waste management, and infection control practices.
• Ensure that staff use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow occupational safety measures.
• Maintain staff training, competency assessment, and attendance records.
• Monitor the availability and stock of sterilization consumables, packaging materials, chemicals, and other departmental supplies.
• Ensure proper storage conditions and maintenance of sterile packs, including monitoring of package integrity and expiry or event-related sterility requirements as per hospital policy.
• Maintain inventory records and coordinate with the Stores Department for timely replenishment.
• Ensure proper handling and maintenance of CSSD equipment and report breakdowns to the concerned department.
• Monitor the condition of instruments and coordinate for repair or replacement when required.
• Maintain records of sterilization cycles, equipment maintenance, cleaning schedules, biological and chemical indicators, and sterilization failures.
• Ensure proper documentation of instrument receipt and issue, sterilization loads, and departmental activities.
• Prepare and submit periodic departmental reports to the reporting authority.
• Maintain records of incidents, complaints, corrective actions, and preventive measures.
• Ensure that all departmental documents are updated and readily available for audits.
• Ensure proper segregation and handling of contaminated instruments and biomedical waste as per hospital policy and applicable regulations.
• Ensure safe handling of chemicals and contaminated materials.
• Monitor compliance with occupational health and safety protocols.
• Ensure that sterile supplies are transported and distributed safely without compromising their sterility.
• Report incidents, accidents, and unsafe practices to the concerned authority.

Job description

Department Management

• Oversee the day-to-day functioning of the CSSD and ensure smooth departmental operations.
• Plan and coordinate the receipt, cleaning, decontamination, packing, sterilization, storage, and distribution of medical instruments and equipment.
• Ensure the availability of sterile instruments, dressing materials, and procedure sets as per departmental requirements.
• Coordinate with the Operation Theatre (OT), Nursing, Infection Control, and other clinical departments to ensure timely supply of sterile items.

B. Sterilization and Infection Control

• Ensure that all instruments and equipment are processed according to approved sterilization protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Monitor the functioning of autoclaves and other sterilization equipment.
• Ensure the use of appropriate chemical and biological indicators, as applicable, to monitor sterilization effectiveness.
• Maintain sterilization cycle records, load monitoring reports, and equipment performance records.
• Ensure proper segregation of clean, dirty, and sterile areas to prevent cross-contamination.
• Ensure the implementation of infection prevention and control practices within the department.
• Immediately report any sterilization failure, equipment malfunction, or infection control concern to the concerned authority.

C. Quality Assurance and NABH Compliance

• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, infection control guidelines, and applicable NABH standards.
• Maintain all required CSSD registers, checklists, validation reports, and sterilization records.
• Ensure traceability of sterilized items, including batch or load identification, wherever applicable.
• Participate in internal and external audits and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for identified non-conformities.
• Ensure that sterilization equipment is validated, calibrated, and maintained as per the prescribed schedule.
• Monitor departmental quality indicators and take corrective action wherever required.

D. Staff Management and Training

• Allocate duties and responsibilities to CSSD staff and ensure adequate staffing for departmental operations.
• Monitor staff attendance, punctuality, performance, and adherence to departmental protocols.
• Conduct training for staff on cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, biomedical waste management, and infection control practices.
• Ensure that staff use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow occupational safety measures.
• Maintain staff training, competency assessment, and attendance records.

E. Inventory and Equipment Management

• Monitor the availability and stock of sterilization consumables, packaging materials, chemicals, and other departmental supplies.
• Ensure proper storage conditions and maintenance of sterile packs, including monitoring of package integrity and expiry or event-related sterility requirements as per hospital policy.
• Maintain inventory records and coordinate with the Stores Department for timely replenishment.
• Ensure proper handling and maintenance of CSSD equipment and report breakdowns to the concerned department.
• Monitor the condition of instruments and coordinate for repair or replacement when required.

F. Documentation and Reporting

• Maintain records of sterilization cycles, equipment maintenance, cleaning schedules, biological and chemical indicators, and sterilization failures.
• Ensure proper documentation of instrument receipt and issue, sterilization loads, and departmental activities.
• Prepare and submit periodic departmental reports to the reporting authority.
• Maintain records of incidents, complaints, corrective actions, and preventive measures.
• Ensure that all departmental documents are updated and readily available for audits.

G. Safety and Compliance

• Ensure proper segregation and handling of contaminated instruments and biomedical waste as per hospital policy and applicable regulations.
• Ensure safe handling of chemicals and contaminated materials.
• Monitor compliance with occupational health and safety protocols.
• Ensure that sterile supplies are transported and distributed safely without compromising their sterility.
• Report incidents, accidents, and unsafe practices to the concerned authority.