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Registered Nurse( CHIEF STERILE PROCESSING SERVICE)Department of Veterans Affairs • Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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Registered Nurse( CHIEF STERILE PROCESSING SERVICE)

Registered Nurse( CHIEF STERILE PROCESSING SERVICE)

Department of Veterans Affairs • Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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The Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Registered Nurse(Sterile Processing) - Chief to work within Sterile Processing Services. The Registered Nurse (Sterile Processing) functions as a first-level supervisor responsible for the oversight of a group of MSTs, with administrative responsibility for planning and directing the work.

The following incentives may be available for qualified applicants :

  • Recruitment

The Chief of SPS Registered Nurse (RN) plays a leadership role in ongoing systematic evaluation and improvement of quality and effectiveness of SPS program outcomes.

Duties include :

  • Responsibility and oversight of evidence based practice (EBP) infection control relating to sterile processing standards
  • Oversight of the use of RMD within the VHA Healthcare System and VHA Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) as applicable
  • Responsible for assessing, monitoring, developing, and implementing corrective action plans for instrument processing, decontamination, sterilization, storage, biological monitoring, and high-level disinfection monitoring through an SPS Quality Management System.
  • Assesses the environment, analyzes trends, transmits data, communicates ideas, develops, and implements
  • policies, initiates programs and systems, and collaborates in the management of resources

  • Knowledge in areas of patient care practices, microbiology, asepsis, disinfection / sterilization process, adult education, infectious diseases, communication, program administration and epidemiology.
  • Serves as the subject matter expert for all SPS activities and provides consultation when called upon
  • Collaborates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to sterile processing and infection control practices throughout the healthcare system.
  • Collaborates with various surgical proprietary vendors that provide instrumentation that allow the agency to maintain inventory par levels that support the complex surgical cases.
  • Chairs the Hospital RMD Committee (Complexity 3) and provides reports to both VISN and the National Program Office for Sterile Processing regularly
  • Directs multi-service leadership and staff in the development and maintenance of SOPs for the sterilization and decontamination of all facility RMD.
  • Responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Associate Director Patient Care Service (ADPCS).
  • 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 : Monday- Friday7 : 30a-4 : 00p or 8 : 00a-4 : 30p

    Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : For highly qualified individuals

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