Central Sterile Processing Manager

Alaska Regional Hospital; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Free counseling

Paid time off

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage seeks a Central Sterile Processing Manager to lead the Sterile Processing Department, maintaining aseptic standards and ensuring the right instruments reach the OR on time.

You will coach and mentor staff, coordinate with OR leadership and other departments, and uphold regulatory compliance and corporate standards while delivering outstanding patient care.

Qualifications

• Must obtain CSPDT or CRCST within 2 years of employment start date.
• Two years of experience required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Sterile Processing Department operations and maintain aseptic and sterile parameters for instruments.
• Coordinate with OR, Emergency Department, and Surgical Services to ensure timely instrument availability.
• Collaborate with OR Director on staffing, hiring, evaluating, guiding, and scheduling staff.
• Maintain professional composure under pressure and communicate a shared department vision.
• Identify staff strengths and development needs and provide training.

Skills

Sterile processing

Leadership

Education

CSPDT certification

CRCST certification

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Central Sterile Processing Manager

Job Summary And Qualifications

As the Sterile Processing Department Manager, you will provide quality services while maintaining strict aseptic and sterile parameters in product processing. The SPD Manager also provides the Operating Room with the right product at the right time and in the quantities needed utilizing national agreements and contracts to the maximum extent possible. We are looking for someone who has a passion for providing excellent patient care and also has the ability to lead, coach, and mentor.

In this Manager role:

• You will follow established Policies and Procedures for maintaining instrumentation inventory at proper level to ensure that using surgical services and facility departments have adequate support.
• You will work with charge RNs, managers, supervisors, and staff to coordinate the various functions of the Sterile Processing Department with all patient care units, the Emergency Room, X ray, Cardiac Cath Lab, Day Surgery, Labor and Delivery, Endoscopy and the main Operating Room
• You will work with OR Director on department staffing, hiring, evaluating, guiding, disciplining, and scheduling of staff.
• You will act in a composed and professional manner, especially under pressure
• You will develop and communicate a shared vision for the department consistent with the hospitals vision.
• You will be skilled at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of staff performance and work with them on training and development accordingly.
• You will be responsible for employee, patient and physician satisfaction as well as regulatory compliance and corporate standards.

What qualifications you will need:

• (CSPDT) Cert Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician, or (CRCST) Certified Registered Central Service Technician must be obtained within 2 years of employment start date
• 2 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare's Alaska Regional Hospital is known for our expertise, compassion and skills. We are committed to delivering patient-centered care to every patient on every visit for our 250 plus bed facility. Year after year, Alaska Regional receives 5-star ratings for heart attack treatment, bowel obstruction treatment, and colorectal surgery.

Based in Anchorage, Alaska Regional is located in a thriving community offering plenty of opportunities to capitalize on the Alaskan lifestyle. Alaska offers some of the most incredible scenic beauty around the world which draws visitors year-round who come for a vacation and end up making Alaska home.

We are part of the HCA Healthcare network - which includes more than 300 affiliate facilities across the country offering our colleagues the opportunity for travel and relocation. HCA Healthcare and Alaska Regional are inspired by our mission to care for and improve human life to create a positive impact in our community.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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