SUP MED SUPPLY TECH(STERILE PR)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Birmingham (AL)

Presencial

USD 89.000 - 116.000

Jornada completa

Hace 4 días

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Descripción de la vacante

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Birmingham, AL seeks a Supervisory Medical Supply Technician, Chief, Sterile Processing Service to lead the SPS team, oversee administrative management, and ensure compliant processing of critical and semi-critical reusable medical equipment.

You will develop SOPs, train staff on setup and reprocessing, manage staffing plans, monitor regulatory compliance, and coordinate with committees to improve patient safety and operational performance.

Formación

Education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Responsabilidades

Oversight of supervision and administrative management of SPS; reports to the Associate Director of patient Care Services.
Oversees processing of critical and semi-critical reusable medical equipment (RME).
Develops, reviews and approves SOPs for RME used by multiple patients.
Oversees training in setup, use, reprocessing, and maintenance of competency.
Establishes workplace priorities, assigns work and monitors staffing plans to meet workforce needs.
Monitors compliance with regulatory or VA directives and ensures safe work environment.
Manages SPS equipment (sterilizers, washer/disinfector, ultrasonic, sealers) and requests replacements as needed.

Descripción del empleo

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This is a Supervisory Medical Supply Technician Chief, Sterile Processing Service (SPS position for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in the Sterile Processing Service of the Birmingham VA Health Care.

Key Responsibilities

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Supervisory Medical Supply Technician ,Chief processing has oversight of all supervision administrative management of SPS report directly to the Associate Director of patient Care Services. Overseas the processing of critical and semi critical reusable medical equipment.

Incumbent develops, reviews and approves Standard Operating Procedures for all identified critical and semi-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) that designed by the manufacturer to be reused for multiple patients. Incumbent oversees the training in the setup, use, reprocessing, and maintenance of competency. Establish and communicates workplace priorities and makes assignments accordingly. Regularly assesses and establishes staffing plans that meet workforce needs.

Understand and adheres to performance Base Interviewing principals Monitors compliance with regulatory or VA directives. Effectively assigns and delegates work. Promotes and ensure safe works environment. Completes accident reports efficiently and timely. Reviews and respond to anticipated unit activity. Skillfully performs in rapidly changing, atypical or crisis situations. Collaboratively establishes work unit goals and leads a team to goal attainment.

Communicates and enforces policies and procedures. Manages workplace issues with consistency and documents appropriately. Maintain and ethical management practice: related to consistency, fairness equity, payroll and timekeeping. Routinely reviews, work group expenditures affecting the unit (FTEE, per diem staff spending, OT, OWCP, impact of absenteeism). Reviews quality assurance data collected in SPS for tracking and trending.

Identifying strengths and weakness and developing process improvement process to optimize performance. Role- specific competencies are verified and documented in accordance with facility policy. Adheres to safety regulations and reporting processes to protect and improve patient and staff safety. Evaluate work performance of subordinates. Give advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matter.

Manages the SPS Equipment such as sterilizers, washer/disinfector, ultrasonic, sealers through the nonexpendable property program for the assigned facility/system and requests replacement of all equipment under their purview as needed. serves as a member or in a advisory capacity on Committee such as commodity Standardization, Infection Control, environment of Care, and Reusable Medical Equipment.

Solicits assistance from, or responds to, inquiries from outside regulatory and advisory agencies to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures from organizations such as the Food and Drug administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Joint Commission (JC), International Association for Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), Association of Peri operative Nurses (AORN), and others.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm w/rotating shifts to WHEN Hours Compressed/Flexible: No Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): No Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: No Functional Statement #: 63019F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $89099 – $115823/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-09.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.