Details
- Department: Sterile Processing Department
- Schedule: Full-time / Monday - Friday / Days
- Hospital: Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
- Location: Based out of Wichita, KS or Tulsa, OK (will travel between these states)
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Responsibilities
The Regional Director, Sterile Processing provides leadership, strategy, and direction within a geographic area to ensure sustained delivery of quality service to physicians and clinicians, supporting exceptional patient safety, outcomes, and customer satisfaction. This position will also provide tactical and strategic leadership within their market(s). The Regional Director will directly report to the Sr. Director, Sterile Processing.
The SPD Regional Director provides guidance, direction, and leadership to Managers, Sterile Processing within their market(s) through an indirect reporting relationship. This leader should model the attitude and culture expected throughout the department and be recognized by Sterile Processing customers.
This position is responsible for providing guidance to associates and is responsible for supporting the implementation of national standards, and assisting in the compliance of policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment at their base location. This SPD Regional Director also oversees implementation of training, monitoring, and operations initiatives that assure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations. This SPD Regional Director should lead in the professional development and growth of his or her team members.
The SPD Regional Director will also be responsible for engaging and building relationships within their area through a foundation of listening, empathy, open and honest communication, and an ability to understand and deliver on the customers’ needs to create desired changes and achieve the goals of Surgical Services.
Responsibilities:
- Builds and maintains relationships with Ascension market leadership, listens to end-user needs, moves national initiatives forward, and serves as a resource when issues arise
- Promotes culture of continuous improvement by encouraging identification of opportunities and resourcing the solution for identified opportunities
- Leads implementation within the market(s) to ensure alignment with national initiatives
- Develops and implements growth strategies, as well as operational, quality and savings targets
- Supports, implements and monitors infection prevention goals
- Ensures budget compliance, identifies budget variances and determines strategy for budget reconciliation
- Supervises and manages associate performance; provides ongoing performance feedback, addresses issues, orients and trains associates, monitors workflows and develops plans for process improvement
- Monitors and ensures achievement and maintenance of certifications for staff
- Develops and maintains standards in consistent instrument and equipment quality, distribution and availability and compliance with safety and regulatory standards; initiates improvements as necessary
- Monitors and ensures adherence to national standards and benchmarks
- Determines needs for systems/equipment/supplies purchases, monitors usage, and oversees proper working order and/or stock supplies
- Develops reporting as required, including costing/budgeting (new instruments, replacement etc.), staffing etc.
- Schedules and coordinates departmental training; manages work programs; oversees on-the-job training
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- Preferred Credential(s):
- Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association.
Education:
- High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.
Additional Preferences
- Minimum of 10 years of combined relevant experience (project management, associate management, and/or sterile processing)
- Preferred to have exhibited years of successful management of sterile processing to achieve metrics goals
- IAHSCMM - CHL; Certified Healthcare Leader Training - required*
- IAHSCMM - CRCST; Certified Registered Central Service Technician - required*
- IAHSCMM - CIS; Certified Instrument Specialist - optional
- Can be completed post-hire; must pass the exams for these certifications but do not need to complete the work experience requirements for official certification
Why Join Our Team
Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
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Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
