CENTRAL SERVICE MANAGER I

Central Service Manager I

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing.

Mission : To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care

Definition : Directs the operation of a small central service unit performing supply, processing, sterilization, and distribution of patient care supplies and equipment.

Essential Job Functions :

• Formulates, develops and modifies procedures and policies and prepares written instructions, forms and manuals to improve and ensure quantity and quality of production.
• Plans, assigns and supervises central service workers engaged in packaging, sterilizing, decontaminating, ordering, receiving and distributing medical and patient care equipment and supplies.
• Screens and selects new employees and directs their orientation and training and evaluates or reviews all personnel evaluation and takes appropriate action.
• Keeps abreast of and plans for fluctuating demand for supplies and equipment and adjusts ordering and processing accordingly.
• Makes suggestions for substitution of items in short supply.
• Prepares and makes recommendations for the purchase of new or replacement equipment and prepares annual budget request for support of central service operation.
• Conducts periodic inventory and tracking of supplies and equipment.
• Conducts research on the kind, type, and scope of medical supplies and equipment by contacting vendors, reviewing catalogues, ordering samples and determining tests for new items to determine feasibility and desirability of purchase.
• Inspects facility supply stations to assure compliance with established quotas, safety and housekeeping practices.
• Maintains and establishes quality control by sampling processed items.
• Assists physicians in developing new sets by ordering and testing new instrument and equipment.

Selection Requirements :

Desirable Qualifications :

Physical Class : 2 - Light Light physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting. Considerable walking may be involved.

Application and Filing Information :

Equal Employment Opportunity / Non-Discrimination Statement : The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law.

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The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance Employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individual assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

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