Sterilization Manager

Sterilization Manager

Position Type: Admin/Professional

Department: Dean's Office - Dentistry

Full or Part Time: Full Time

Pay Grade: MN9

Summary:

The Sterilization Manager is responsible for all sterilization related matters including but not limited to employee supervision, ensuring effective daily staffing, inventory management, efficient workflows, training, procedures, record maintenance, and compliance with all safety regulations and infection control standards. The manager will interact with faculty, staff, colleagues, and students on a daily basis with excellent interpersonal skills.

Principal Functional Responsibilities:

Staff Supervision and Training: Oversee the sterilization team. Responsible for ensuring proper daily staffing, assigning work, training and supporting staff, performance management, conducting employee evaluations, adjusting the team workflow to meet clinical practice needs, ensuring compliance with infection control and safety standards, and serving as the point- person to address sterilization complaints and concerns. Responsible for all sterilization training, including but not limited to equipment use, maintenance, infection control standards, processes and procedures, and best practices, creating training guides and job aids.

Sterilization and Infection Control Oversight: Ensures sterilization procedures meet regulatory requirements, such as those outlined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA ). Alert Associate Dean Clinical Affairs of trends and issues related to infection control. Collaborate with Associate Dean Clinical Affairs, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Administrator and Infection Control Officer to ensure accurate and safe implementation of policies and procedures. Serve as a lead sterilization technician, working alongside staff, providing hands-on support.

Equipment and Inventory Management: Accurately oversee inventory management. Maintain accurate and timely records. Identify opportunities for improvement to relevant processes and procedures and implements appropriately. Operate sterilization equipment including washers and autoclaves. Troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal functionality. Bring repair needs to the attention of the supervisor. Collect and distribute equipment as needed. Utilize AxiUm Dispensary module to check-out and check-in instruments and alert supervisor and Clinical Systems of any issues.

Compliance and Safety: Conduct daily and weekly quality and safety tests. Document and record results as required. Participate in periodic inspections or audits to verify compliance with infection control standards and regulatory requirements. Develop, formalize, and communicate standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all sterilization technicians to adhere to. Update SOPs on an annual and as-needed basis to ensure consistent compliance with regulations.

Other Duties: Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED

• Minimum 3 years related experience

• Knowledge of sterilization equipment, infection control protocols, decontamination, assembly, packaging, and sterilization procedures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree

• Familiar with operating Steris equipment/ Steris University

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment. Clinical environment with possible exposure to biological and chemical contamination. May require extended periods of standing. Follows standard precautions wearing PPE as required. Must be able to push cart with sterilization equipment and lift 25 lbs. Must be able to distinguish basic colors for instrument identification. Requires the ability to be on campus daily.

Department Specific Information:

Starting salary range $53,650-$63,000, commensurate with experience. 

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