Program Dir, Central Sterile Processing, Surgical Technician

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN seeks a Program Director to lead Allied Health program operations, curriculum development, and clinical learning experiences. The role oversees assessments, student evaluation, and advisements, with supervision of coordinators and instructional faculty.

It is a full-time on-site position focused on delivering high-quality education and accreditation readiness.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or equivalent experience) required.
• 3 years of experience in related field.
• Certification as Surgical Technologist and Sterile Processing Technician required.

Responsibilities

• Provides program instructional leadership for standards, curriculum, delivery methods, and student employment readiness.
• Serves as the Program curriculum expert and ensures alignment with academic and industry standards.
• Manages all accreditation activities including annual reports, self-studies, and surveys.
• Evaluates student and graduate performance including grades, didactic and clinical competencies, job placements, and certs.
• Serves as Chair of the Admissions Committee and oversees the application cycle for prospective students.
• Supports Clinical/Educational Coordinators with site visits and clinical site communications.
• Maintains professional credentials and development standards per accreditors.

Skills

Program management

Peer leadership

Financial processes

Quality management

Process improvement

Education

Master's degree (or equivalent experience)

Certified Surgical Technologist

Certified Sterile Processing Tech

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Allied Health

Job Summary:

In your pivotal role as Program Director, you will serve full-time as the lead program administrator. You will oversee the effectiveness of program operations such as program budget, assessments, curriculum design, instruction, clinical learning experiences, student evaluation, and all academic advisements. You must also demonstrate effectiveness in the supervision of the Clinical/Educational Coordinator(s) and other instructional faculty in the program. Additionally, you will devote sufficient time to ensure that all educational and administrative responsibilities are met.

REQUIRED:

• Master's (or equivalent experience)
• 3 years of experience
• Certified Surgical Technologist and Certified Sterile Processing Tech

You work Monday-Friday standard daytime business hours and will work on site at 2525 West End Ave. in Nashville, TN.

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DEPARTMENT SUMMARY :

The Center for Programs in Allied Health (CPiAH) welcomes you. The central hub of allied health education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), CPiAH manages a variety of educational and clinical training programs. CPiAH serves under the larger umbrella of VUMC's Office of Health Sciences Education . For more information, please visit https://www.vumc.org/allied-health-education/welcome .

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides program instructional leadership for implementation of standards, appropriate curriculum, delivery methods, and preparation of students to obtain employment in their field of study.
• Serves as the Program curriculum expert, and ensures all curriculum is aligned to academic and industry standards.
• Manages all matters of programmatic accreditation including annual reports and surveys, curriculum review, self-study, periodic internal reviews, and maintaining accreditation standards.
• Evaluates student and graduate performance by maintaining a record of grades, performance in didactic and clinical competencies, job placements, and certification completion.
• Serves as the Chair of the Admissions Committee and oversees the application cycle for all prospective students.
• Assists the Clinical/Educational Coordinator(s) in regular site visits and clinical site communication to ensure high quality clinical experiences for students.
• Maintains necessary professional credentials and professional development standards as deemed by Programmatic accreditors.

Technical Capabilities:

• PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (Advanced): Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific program goals and objectives.
• PEER LEADERSHIP (Advanced): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.
• FINANCIAL PROCESSES (Advanced): Ability to monitor costs, expenses, and revenue as well as the ability to manage those costs and expenses in relation to budgeted amounts.
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT(Advanced): Developing a systematic process of checking to see whether a process or service is meeting specific requirements.
• PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (Advanced): Identifies, analyzes, and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health's reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact: Delivers projects/assignments that have a direct impact on goals/objectives of the unit/department that the job is in.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Conducts extensive analysis of situations or data to resolve numerous, complex issues; may involve the input/work of othe