Sterile Processing Coordinator

Job Description

Assumes responsibility for the dept. and day to day activities in the dept. Also participates in continuous quality improvement programs and utilizes all equipment, supplies, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner. The Sterile Processing Tech provides quality training and orientation for assigned employees, strives to promote personal performance quality by participating in staff educational programs, and monitors work quality and quantity in an effort to promote departmental efficiency.

Responsibilities

1. Evaluation and Analysis
   • Assists in developing departmental goals.
   • Looks for opportunities to improve department processes within AAMI/AORN guidelines.
   • Collaboration and Partnership
   • Fosters a team environment involving all departmental personnel to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the department.
   • Promotes a good working relationship between OR staff and Prep staff and also other depts.
2. Quality
   • Utilizes all equipment, supplies, facilities, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner. Ensures all equipment is maintained in good working order to ensure efficient departmental operations and the provision of high-quality health care services.
   • Observes and adheres to quality standards established by the department and follows AAMI/AORN guidelines. Participates in continuous quality improvement programs in order to foster quality health care services. Ensures that all services are provided with compassion, understanding, and respect for others.
   • Strives to promote the quality and efficiency of his/her own performance through participation in staff educational programs, approved continuing education courses, and specialized skill training programs. Has a good working knowledge of the duties, equipment and processes of the dept.
   • Orders and replaces instruments/set items accordingly and in an efficient manner in collaboration with OR team. Orders and replaces supplies in a timely fashion to ensure all supplies are available for staff in prep and OR.
   • Maintains accurate records.
   • Anticipates needs according to the OR schedule.
   • Maintains PAR level in CS. Orders supplies weekly and as needed.
3. Other Duties as Assigned
   • Maintains weekly plant log. Notifies manager with equipment concerns.
   • Performs other duties as required.
   • If qualified, may be required to scrub in as Surgical Tech when needed.

Qualifications

Experience
3 years Sterile Processing experience

Education
High School Diploma or equivalent.

Licensure
Certification in Sterile Processing required. Experience can be accepted in leu of certification. Knowledgeable of AAMI standards.

About Us

FMOL Health is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.

This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.
In the last fiscal year, FMOL Health had:

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days
• 1,915 Active Medical Staff
• 229,296 Emergency Visits

As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.

Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana's citizens, and serve in Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.

Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.

Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.

As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by "going where we are called."