The Chief of Sterile Processing Service oversees all sterile processing functions, including high-level disinfection, sterilization, storage, and infection control. Ensures compliance with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and American Association of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) guidelines, leads administrative and program activities, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, serves on key committees, and guides staff performance, standards, policies, and customer service.
Major duties include but are not limited to: Lead system-wide evaluation and improvement of SPS quality and outcomes. Oversee all critical, semi-critical, and non-critical RMD processes, including sterilization, high-level disinfection, storage, SOPs, equipment use, and competency assessments. Develop and implement corrective action plans for decontamination, sterilization, storage, biological monitoring, and HLD through SPS Quality Management. Assess environments, analyze trends, transmit data, and develop policies, programs, and systems. Provide leadership in infection control standards and evidence-based sterile processing practices. Develop education programs, mentor staff and providers, support project development, analyze data, and create evidence-based guidelines. Maintain accountability for SPS operations across the healthcare system and CBOCs. Build and sustain productive relationships across surgical, medical, administrative, and support services. Serve as subject matter expert and provide consultation to executive leadership, influencing policy and system-wide sterile processing practices. Collaborate with surgical vendors and forecast specialized instrument needs. Chair the Hospital RMD Committee and provide regular reports to VISN and National Program Offices. Oversee tracking, maintenance, and management of RMD equipment and large SPS technology inventory. Direct development and maintenance of SOPs for sterilization and decontamination across the facility. Function as advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor; provide daily leadership for clinical and administrative SPS operations. Champion High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles and promote system-wide safety culture. Collaborate across disciplines and levels of VA staff to support organizational goals and operations. Maintain effective relationships with customers, families, community, and program leaders. Assist ADPCS with operations and contribute to standards of care, policies, and nursing objectives. Maintain required BLS certification; ACLS for select environments; work safely in varied, sometimes high-risk settings. Maintain accountability to designated supervisors and the Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS) for all SPS leadership and operational responsibilities. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm or 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday, but subject to the needs of the agency to include nights, weekends and holidays. Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet. IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Yvonne.Misiak@va.gov
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