Sterile Prep Supervisor

WE ARE INSIGHT :
At Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago, we believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients.

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These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, following the mission, values, and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and guests.

• Directs, Prioritizes, and adjust staff work assignments for assigned shift to ensure timely and accurate delivery of OR equipment, supplies, and case carts. Assigns staff to job duties to meet the demands of patient care areas, patient volume, trauma emergencies, and staff vacancies.
• Ability to properly demonstrate and instruct staff to sterilize instruments, utensils, linen, and supplies using various types of sterilizers; load sterilizers in the prescribed manner and set controls to specified time and temperature according to material and requirements of items be sterilized; complete manual documentation record prior to sterilization; read and initial autoclave graph to verify appropriate sterilization cycle and provide require records for regulatory agencies.
• Follows all departmental policies and procedures. Ensure that staff complies with policies and procedures. Assist in policy and procedures development, implementation and review processes.
• Identifies the following proper procedures for use of equipment in the department. Correctly operates and can demonstrate abilities in operating all sterilization and documentation equipment according to policy and procedures. Contacts facilities when equipment failure occurs. Delegate duties to staff and can demonstrate how to assemble instrument trays according to the prescribed manner, wrap package and handle all items following procedure;
  
  mark items with identifying data and distribute or store in designed area. Responsible for trouble shooting instrument issues and tray turnover, as needed.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining department quality monitors related to sterilization, sterile technique, all products requiring sterilization, and sterile handling/storage within the department. Responsible for notifying Surgical Services of positive biological spore testing and immediately initiates recall procedure.
• Demonstrates knowledge of supplies and equipment specific to patient population across the age span (children, adolescents, adult and elderly). Responsible for following physician’s preference sheet and dispense requests for sterile instrumentation and supplies; assign priority to emergency request and issue required supplies and equipment based on knowledge of procedure indented; assemble and wrap material, instruments and supplies according to established aseptic technique.
• Responsible for obtaining all preference sheets for surgical schedule. Oversee accuracy and distribution of case carts to surgical services. Identifies and communicates specific instrument request on surgical schedule to staff.
• Demonstrates ability to delegate duties to staff and apply appropriate follow up to ensure assignments are complete. Assists in staffing needs for subsequent shift and makes necessary arrangements for coverage. Manages overtime within budgetary allowances.
• Ensures all work areas and equipment are cleaned and maintained according to Infection Control standards and to ensure safe a work environment. Comply with Regulatory, Environmental, safety, Hazardous Materials, and Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Assist in orientation of new employees to each work assignment area and total department operation.
• Complete the required orientation documentation for new employees assigned to the shift. Provide feedback regarding progress of employees. Provide input regarding staff Annual Performance Management Review and/or…