Quality Improvement​/Education Specialist- Sterile Processing- FT, Day Shift

Quality Improvement Healthcare Specialist 2 History

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health — Orange, UCI Health — Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

As Orange County's only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region's only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association.

Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

QLTY IMPV HC SPEC 2 HX

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Working knowledge & understanding of IAHCSMM and AORN standards
• Strong project management skills, capable of identifying, developing, implementing, monitoring, and revising performance improvement initiatives related to CDS
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to draft, edit, and produce a variety of documents such as training manuals and compliance reports
• Proficiency in computer skills, including use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Prior experience in decontamination, sterilization, and assembly of surgical instruments/devices
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Experience with creating and effectively providing educational curriculum
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Bachelor's degree OR Associate's degree with International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management certification (CRCST) or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to travel locally to all UC Irvine Health Sterile Processing locations
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to ensure regulatory compliance with cleaning, disinfection and sterilization processes throughout the organization, including the development and performance of process tracers related to cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
• Ability to develop and perform competency assessments related to cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
• Ability and comfort working with all levels of staff and management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Training in Lean Six Sigma methodologies
• Nursing degree or higher education related to healthcare
• Knowledge of UCI policies and procedures

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:
Background Check and Live Scan Employment Misconduct
* Legal Right to Work in the United States Vaccination Policies Smoking and Tobacco Policy Drug Free Environment Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment.

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