Lead Sterile Processing/Endoscopy Technician

Endoscopy Center of Bergen County is hiring a Lead Sterile Processing/Endoscopy Technician

Welcome to Endoscopy Center of Bergen County

At Endoscopy Center of Bergen County (also known as Paramus Endoscopy, LLC) we believe health and care are inseparable. We focus on offering a high quality, service oriented environment for your surgical procedure. Our facility is accredited by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Lead Sterile Processing/Endoscopy Technician at Endoscopy Center of Bergen County

Job Summary: Under the general supervision of the Administrator / Clinician Director, coordinates and oversees the daily activities between the Operating Room (OR), schedule and Sterile Processing Department (SPD) to ensure efficient case flow and needs. 

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Sterile Processing Department Staff
• Clinical resource for perioperative services staff members using evidence-based knowledge and prevailing standards
• Evaluate current practice through quality and performance improvement measures
• Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders
• Coordinates, facilitates, and manages change with in the health care organization
• Ensure that the appropriate personnel, equipment, and supplies are available to run the SPD department effectively
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care
• Use effective conflict resolution techniques
• Participate in interviews for staff selection for SPD department
• Assist in evaluating staff member’s performance
• Serve as role model of professional behavior
• Assess the political climate within the organization
• Pursue professional growth and participate in a professional organization

Pay Range: $30.00-$31.00/hr (Wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience.)

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• CPR required
• Graduate of a Sterile Processing Program 
• 2 years of experience in a multi-specialty operating room environment to include knowledge of sterile processing operations and issues
• Knowledge of medical instruments and surgical procedures as related to the OR
• Knowledge of the proper set up of an operating room
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with physicians, surgeons, operating room staff and other healthcare professionals
• Good computer skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks successfully
• Demonstrate clinical competency, leadership, and teaching capabilities

Benefits

USPI offers the following benefits, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year.
• 401k retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance. 

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner. 

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

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