Sterile Processing Supervisor: Lead Quality & Efficiency

UPMC; Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

UPMC in Cumberland County, Mechanicsburg area coordinates daily operations of the Central Sterile Processing department, ensuring instrument processing, cleaning, decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution to patient care teams.

The role emphasizes leadership, quality improvement, and collaboration across units to enhance patient safety and satisfaction, while ensuring timely instrument turnaround and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Practices solid verbal and written communication skills, articulates and translates to other care providers and negotiates recommendations for changes in unit practices.
• Documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues.
• Incorporates national professional organization goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Creates a caring patient-focused experience by building healing relationships with colleagues.
• Disseminates new knowledge through presentations, posters, and publications.
• Assists in reduction of surgical instrument errors and implements streamlined same-day turnaround for instrument processing.
• Develops productive working relationships through mentoring and modeling uplifting communication; coaches on diversity and addresses workplace violence.
• Plan for growth-oriented and developmental activities; coordinates educational opportunities for staff development.
• Mentors others and shares expertise within the healthcare team; supports ancillary departments and task forces.
• Collaborates with management to ensure quality of Central Sterile Processing and adherence to standards.
• Serves as a role model of excellent customer service; responds to needs of patients and staff daily.
• Supports departmental goals of quality service and cost containment by implementing changes.
• Ensures a qualified workgroup by coaching, scheduling, and developing Central Sterile Processing employees.
• Prep and maintain staff annual evaluations; sterilize and process equipment per standards; coordinate instrumentation ordering with OR; update instrument tracking sheets; streamline instrument sets.

Job description

UPMC in Cumberland County, Mechanicsburg area coordinates daily operations of the Central Sterile Processing department, ensuring instrument processing, cleaning, decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution to patient care teams.

The role emphasizes leadership, quality improvement, and collaboration across units to enhance patient safety and satisfaction, while ensuring timely instrument turnaround and staff development.