Position Summary/Essential Duties:

The Sterile Processing Education Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing a standardized program of orientation, continuing education, and competency assessment for all partners who perform reprocessing of reusable medical devices throughout University Hospitals.

Specific job duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing programs that support staff's ability to learn, adapt and change swiftly as new technology emerges and clinical scope evolves. Accomplished by collaboration with other CSP Education Coordinators, under the leadership of the Education Supervisor, to create/design in-services for system distribution via GPS. This will require educator to take the GPS Administrator Class and become proficient at uploading education for system wide distribution.
• Educating and motivating staff through appropriate orientation, training, communication of expectations and industry standards by utilizing established documents and maintenance system to ensure competency for all essential job functions.
• Performs CSiQ quality checks to track, research, and resolve scanning issues and workflow breakdown. Provide outcome and follow-up with individual SPD leadership on data collected related to instrumentation and supplies.
• Continually assessing the competency and performance level for all staff. Works with site leadership in monitoring deficiencies in performance. Develops specific training programs/modules in response to process improvement opportunities and requirements. This will also extend to the education of the OR staff and offsite clinics (where applicable).
• Assuring that all new employees, and all transferring employees complete the New Hire Employee Orientation within 90 days of hire or transfer, regardless of experience or certification. Maintains record of each individual utilizing established documents and maintenance system.
• Being a liaison to schools that offer Sterile Processing programs and the students clinical rotation - includes spending time with students and providing them with orientation materials and hands on instruction.
• Assuring all staff complete yearly competency requirements and maintain records of each individual by utilizing established documents and maintenance system.
• Providing instructions/materials to assist uncertified staff with preparation for certification attainment.
• Coordination and planning of continuing education opportunities to ensure certified staff maintain certification.
• Performing oversight for departmental quality assurance program to ensure sterile products are safe for patient use by conducting regular audits of sterile processing functions utilizing established documents.
• Reporting issues of policy and procedure non-compliance to Site Manager for resolution. Providing retraining and additional education to assist with resolution.
• Having working knowledge of AAMI ST79. Providing written resource documentation to back up adherence to health system policies and procedures.

Responsible for ensuring adherence to all DNV, JC, CMS, OSHA, and AAMI regulations. Initiates and maintains positive relationships with management, patients, co-workers and customers.