North Central Section of the AUA, Inc.

Primary City/State:

Sun City West, Arizona

Department Name:

Sterile Processing Dept-Hosp

Work Shift:

Night

Job Category:

Clinical Support

Health care is constantly changing, and at Banner Health, we are at the front of that change. We are leading health care to make the experience the best it can be. We want to change the lives of those in our care ??? and the people who choose to take on this challenge. If changing health care for the better sounds like something you want to be part of, we want to hear from you.

Banner ??? University Medical Center Phoenix named to list of 100 Great Hospitals in America.

We are proud to be recognized for nursing excellence as an ANCC Magnet Hospital for the third time! We are an Academic Medical teaching facility, Level 1 Trauma Center, and Designated Stroke Center.?? Ranked Among the Nation???s Best Hospitals for:?? Geriatrics, Nephrology, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Urology according to??US News & World Report Ranking.

Our surgical team manages??over 1300 cases per month with 20 Operating Room Suites, including 2 Hybrid Rooms, 2 DaVinci Robots, and MIS rooms. ??Our specialties include, and are not limited to,??General, ENT, Plastics, CF, Ortho, Neuro, Robotics, Gyn, Urology, Ophthalmology vascular, transplants, TAVR???s, hearts, and NICU.

Your pay and benefits (Total Rewards) are important components of your Journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.

Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center excels in providing extraordinary health care to residents of the northwest Valley of metro Phoenix and is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Phoenix's Best Hospitals. With 390 licensed beds, the hospital provides a wide range of services, including acute medical and surgical services as well as intensive care, emergency and urgent care, inpatient/outpatient surgery, cardiac catheterization, neurology, orthopedics, oncology, urology, pulmonary, obstetrics and gynecology, extended care, outpatient diagnostic services, acute and outpatient rehabilitation and adult behavioral services.

POSITION SUMMARY
This position supports leadership while performing as an integral part of OR team with additional job requirements and??expanded supervision. Demonstrates accountability for operating room readiness ensuring sterile surgical instrumentation and disposable supplies are complete and ready for a procedure prior to the preceding patient leaving the operating room. Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instrumentation including the cleaning, decontamination, disassemble/reassembly, budget, quality assurance, instrument identification, set assembly, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instrumentation for PeriOp Services, hospital departments, and clinics.

CORE FUNCTIONS
1. Determines, coordinates, and supervises daily staffing assignments.??Provides direction, assists in providing a comprehensive departmental orientation to all new hires.??Accesses??learning needs of staff and collaborates with vendors and management to develop training programs on an ongoing basis.?? Ensures staff compliance with regulatory requirements and departmental or organizational policies and procedures.

2. Reviews schedule ahead of time to ensure tray availability, discuss with OR manager or Service Line Leader if there any issues with regards to equipment/tray availability, participates in department huddles along with OR huddle participation. Participates in staffing when needed. Interacts with other departments and outside clinics that are supported by CSPD.

3. Selects, trains and manages staff. Schedules staff in accordance with department needs, maintains labor expenses within budget guidelines. Provides daily direction to staff. Sets goals for individuals and for the team. Acts as a mentor and coach and provides development and growth opportunities for staff, (shared responsibility supervisor/Sr manager).

4. Monitors supplies, equipment, surgical instrumentation, and labor resources staying within budget. Able to provide budget variance reasons for expense overrides. Assists in developing budgets, goals, targets, and action plans and provide input to policies and procedures.

5. Identifies, addresses and communicates opportunities to improve work processes and enable achievement of goals in quality, productivity and customer satisfaction. Maintains statistics and reports on activity in areas responsible for when required.

6. Coordinates and participates in special projects as assigned. Obtains vendor quotes for surgical instruments to meet both daily and new services working with surgeons to develop service line needs and inventory levels to meet demands.??Able to address future expense needs for volume driven instrumentation increases to provide sufficient inventory supporting surgical procedure daily volume without delay.

7. Works under general supervision. Incumbents in this position are accountable for the daily performance of a shift(s) unit(s) or team(s). Makes decisions guided by policies and procedures. Interacts primarily with direct reports, supervisor(s), operating room nursing, surgical scrub technicians, surgeons and customers both internal campus wide customers, and external clinics/patients supported areas.

Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers of Banner Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.

Requires national certification as a SPD Technician.

Three years as a lead technician. Must be proficient and have working knowledge in area of service. Must demonstrate effective communication, team building, human relations and organization skills.

Must be familiar with commonly used office software and/or have the ability to learn new software applications if necessary.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Prior supervisory experience is preferred.
Associates degree in business or management.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.