Sterile Processing Senior Manager

This position is responsible for all operational, technical, and personnel activities associated with sterile supplies and services provided to all nursing and non-nursing units within the hospital.

About Foundation Health, LLC

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is a non-profit facility owned by the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation.

A Joint Commission-accredited facility with 152 licensed beds, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is the primary referral center for residents of Alaska's interior with a strong patient-to-nurse ratio and Shared Leadership Infrastructure.

In addition to our exceptional clinical environment, our location offers incomparable lifestyle rewards away from work.

In Fairbanks, small-town living, spectacular natural beauty and endless recreation combine to create a one-of-a-kind place to live, work and play.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a competent and motivated staff through appropriate selection, training, discipline, feedback, and termination of subordinate personnel as needed.
• Develops staff through assessing performance and promoting education and training.
• Promotes employee empowerment and engagement.
• Works to align function and processes to work as a system.
• Leads teams to improve dept efficiency, and engages in synergistic problem solving through effective communication, delegation, coaching/counseling, and active listening.
• Leads by respect, integrity, example, and service.
• Ensures cost effective operation of all assigned areas while assisting with appropriate budget preparation, monitoring, and controlling of department expenses.
• Identities and implements methods for reducing operational, supply, and equipment expenditures while focusing on standardization and utilization.
• Ensures compliance with all appropriate state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Ensures all department products and services are provided in accordance with hospital needs and expectations.
• Identifies and implements methods for reducing expenditures, leads teams, as well as contributes to efforts to improve standardization and utilization.
• These performance metrics will result in increased efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Interacts frequently with physicians, nurses, department managers, supervisors and other professional and non-professional staff members to provide quality sterile processing services.
• Assess customer satisfaction levels while obtaining direct feedback regarding the department performance, resolving problems, and identifying new opportunities to improve services and cost effectiveness.
• Promotes positive customer service attitude both within and outside the department by maintaining effective working relationships.
• Promotes win-win relationships with internal and external customers.
• Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
• Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.

Requirements

• Knowledge typically obtained with bachelor's degree.
• Requires national technician certification from either IAHCSMM (CRCST) or CBSPD (CSPDT).
• Requires proficiency typically acquired with 4 years Sterile Processing experience including knowledge of surgical instrumentation, patient related supplies, materials and equipment, aseptic and sterilization techniques.
• Must have 2 years of leadership experience in a management position.
• Must possess effective organizational, communication and human relations skills as the incumbent will coordinate projects simultaneously and working closely with all levels of staff.
• Requires computer skills and the ability to research and compile statistical reports.

Preferred

• QUALIFICATIONS National SPD Manager Certification preferred.
• 5 years of sterile processing experience, plus 3 years of a leadership role within a sterile processing or surgical setting.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Pay

• Overview $30,000 incentive!
• Compensation: $36.44-$58.30/hr.

Benefits

• $7500.00 Benefits: medical, vision, dental, 401k with employer match Other Benefits: Onsite Gym, Wellness Programs, Discount programs Schedule: Monday- Friday - exempt.