Northern Michigan Surgical Suites has an immediate need for a full time Lead Sterile Processing Tech! Northern Michigan Surgical Suites is a beautiful, state-of-the-art, multi-specialty center outpatient surgical center. It is designed to give patients, friends and family a relaxing experience before, during and after the procedure. Northern Michigan Surgical Suites also provides a high ratio of medical staff to patients in order to provide the highest quality experience and attentive care.

Job Summary: Under the general supervision of the Administrator / Clinician Director, coordinates and oversees the daily activities between the Operating Room (OR), schedule and SterileProcessing Department (SPD) to ensure efficient case flow and needs.

Responsibilities: 

• Supervise the SterileProcessing Department Staff
• Clinical resource for perioperative services staff members using evidence-based knowledge and prevailing standards
• Evaluate current practice through quality and performance improvement measures
• Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders
• Coordinates, facilitates, and manages change with in the health care organization
• Ensure that the appropriate personnel, equipment, and supplies are available to run the SPD department effectively
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care
• Use effective conflict resolution techniques
• Participate in interviews for staff selection for SPD department
• Assist in evaluating staff members performance
• Serve as role model of professional behavior
• Assess the political climate within the organization
• Pursue professional growth and participate in a professional organization

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required
• Completion of a Sterile Process Certification Program.
• CRCST or CSPDT certification preferred
• 2 years of experience in a multi-specialty operating room environment to include knowledge of sterileprocessing operations and issues
• Knowledge of medical instruments and surgical procedures as related to the OR
• Knowledge of the proper set up of an operating room
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with physicians, surgeons, operating room staff and other healthcare professionals
• Good computer skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks successfully
• Demonstrate clinical competency, leadership, and teaching capabilities

Benefits

USPI offers the following benefits, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year.
• 401k retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

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