Sterile Processing Lead Technician

USPI Arizona Specialty Hospital is currently hiring a Full Time Sterile Processing Lead Technician. 

USPI Arizona Specialty Hospital is a specialty inpatient hospital which was established to set a new standard for excellence and patient satisfaction in the delivery of orthopedic and spinal surgery. Arizona Specialty Hospital provides excellent patient services and the highest level of care, with the overall goal of improving the delivery of healthcare in Maricopa County and beyond.

Job Summary:

• Oversees sterilization of instruments.
• Establishes effective working relationships with all constituencies including patients, physicians, vendor reps and employees.
• Collaborates with Lead Scrub technicians to prioritize workflow for sterile processing department and instrument turn over. 
• Directs and coordinates all department activities to assure continuous monitoring of hospital-wide Performance Improvement.
•  Implements and administers strategic goals, objectives, policies, procedures, new programs and services set forth by the Sterile Processing Manager.
•  Ensures strategic goals are compatible with and enhance hospital overall goals and objectives. 
•  Maintains a competent and motivated staff through appropriate training, discipline, and feedback as needed. 
•  Develops staff through assessing performance and promoting education and training. Promotes employee empowerment and engagement.
•  Interacts frequently with physicians, nurses, and other professional and non-professional staff members to provide quality sterile processing services.
•  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.
•  Ensures all department products and services are provided in accordance with hospital needs and expectations.
•  Identifies and implements methods for reducing expenditures, leads teams and contributes to efforts to improve standardization and utilization, resulting in increased efficiency and customer satisfaction.

What We Offer

As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare 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

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent 
• 3 years of experience as Sterile Processing Technician.
• Experience with all types of sterilizers.
• Certification Required
• Comprehensive knowledge of operation room instrumentation
• Ability to set up operating room instrument tray
• Must possess effective organizational, communication, team building and human relation skills.
• Ability to function effectively with frequent interruptions and changing priorities.

USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.  If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date.  If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law. 

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