Job Summary:

We welcome you to join the Sterile Processing Team as a Sterile Processing Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for coordination, supervision, and direction of patient flow, staffing, problem recognition and resolution, staff development, budget, and customer service for the designated unit(s) assigned. He/she is expected to keep current on regulations and standards as they apply to the respective areas. Acting as a role model and providing leadership for all department activities is an expectation of this position.

Minimum Requirements:

• 2 Year / Associate Degree Minimum
• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree Preferred
• 3 - 5 Years Experience in area of Sterile Processing Minimum
• 1 - 3 Years Management experience Preferred
• Other: Certification in Sterile Processing Minimum Upon Hire
• Healthcare Provider CPR – (American Heart Association or American Red Cross ONLY) Minimum Upon Hire

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages resources and personnel to stay within budget. Provides detailed analysis of budget status as required. Provides and implements cost-savings ideas and works closely with staff and physicians to implement cost-savings initiatives. Assures time sheets are completed accurately and timely.
• Gathers, records, and analyzes data specific to budget, productivity, quality measures, utilization, etc. and implements strategies to increase revenue and quality and decrease expenses. Assures charges are reviewed for accuracy in a timely manner.
• Reviews, revises, and develops policies to meet standards and requirements. Communicates policy and practice changes, revisions, regulatory standards, balanced score card data, etc. to staff and physicians. Coordinates in-services and staff educational opportunities.
• Effectively communicates with staff and is viewed as a role model and leader. Conducts regular staff meetings and maintains minutes of such. Interacts in a professional and caring manner. Makes self available to staff and routinely makes rounds amongst staff.
• Coordinates staffing on a daily basis to meet patient care needs and remain within budget. Demonstrates ability to function as a sterile processing staff member as needed.

Benefit Highlights:

• Medical/Vision/Dental
• 403b Retirement Plan with 3% company match
• 5 days of Paid Parental/Adoption Leave
• $5k in Adoption Assistance per child
• Paid Sick Leave
• Accrued PTO
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits, including: Life, Accidental Death or Dismemberment, Critical Illness, Long-term Disability, Short-term Disability, Hospital Indemnity, Pet, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
• Collaborative professional work environment
• Reduced cafeteria rates (OMC location only)
• Tuition Reimbursement so you can achieve your educational goals (up to $5,250/year)

Disclosure: Benefits eligibility may vary based on position.

Why Top Talent Join Olathe Health?

Our mission is to help people through healing, health and happiness. Top performers want to be a part of something special…something with a purpose. We want the best and brightest health care professionals who are focused on providing compassionate, personalized care. And we are committed to continue to give our associates growth and developmental opportunities while providing a safe, inclusive and welcoming work environment to do their best work. We all strive to help each other as a team to deliver the best patient care possible. At Olathe Health, we believe that if we take care of our people, they will take care of everything else.

From our modest beginnings with a 30-bed hospital in 1953 to a dynamic, regional health system with more than 2,400 associates today, Olathe Health continues to grow to meet the needs of our patients and the community. The system consists of Olathe Medical Center, Inc. (OMCI), Miami County Medical Center, Inc. (MCMC), and Olathe Health Physicians, Inc. (OHPI), a large physician corporation with 38 locations. The system offers a wide range of services and specialties for individuals in all stages of life, from primary care, pediatrics and maternity care to specialties, including oncology, surgery, orthopedics, spine, cardiology, home health and hospice.

Several of our most recent honors as a system include:

• Fortune/IBM Watson Health named OMC one of the 2021 Top 100 Hospitals.
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded OMC and MCMC four-star ratings in 2021.
• One of Ingram Magazine’s “2020 Best Companies to Work for” (large employer category) and one of the “Best Hospitals in Kansas for Nurses” (according to nurse.org).

Great things are happening at Olathe Health and we would love for YOU to join our team today!