Sterile Processing Quality & Education Specialist Urbana, IL

Overview

Sterile Processing Quality & Education Specialist job at Carle Health. Urbana, IL. The Sterile Processing Quality Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance with industry standards, improving process integrity, and monitoring quality outcomes related to instrument reprocessing. This role emphasizes continuous quality improvement, data tracking, and corrective action planning to support patient safety and surgical excellence. The Sterile Processing Quality Specialist is responsible for onboarding new staff, providing ongoing education, and ensuring staff competency in all aspects of instrument reprocessing.

This role focuses on staff development, quality support, and continuous training to maintain departmental excellence and regulatory compliance.

• Maintain accurate quality assurance reports and present findings to SPD leadership.
• Collaborate with infection prevention and risk management teams to resolve instrument‑related issues.
• Assist leadership in developing and updating policies, procedures, and workflows that align with best practices.
• Develop, implement, and oversee orientation processes for new hires.
• Conduct annual skills validations, competencies, and performance checkoffs.
• Deliver in‑services, workshops, and continuing education sessions tailored to SPD needs.
• Support staff in obtaining and maintaining certifications (CRCST, CBSPD).
• Collaborate with leadership to identify education gaps and address them proactively.
• Conduct audits of decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and storage practices to ensure compliance with AAMI, AORN, CDC, and DNV standards.
• Monitor quality metrics such as tray errors, missing instruments, bioburden failures, and turnaround times.
• Investigate and document quality variances, incidents, and near‑misses; recommend and implement corrective actions.
• Stay current on evolving regulatory standards, technologies, and applying updates to department quality processes.

Certifications:

Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) OR Certified Sterile Processing & Distribution Technician (CSPDT)

Find it here.

Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle Bro Menn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care.

The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering‑based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life‑long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization.

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The compensation range for this position is $22.1 per hour - $36.91 per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.