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Posted: 10/20/2026Sterile Processing Manager
Advocate Aurora HealthPosted 10/20/2026full-timeNorth Wilkesboro • North Carolina • United StatesJunior💰 $38 - $57 per hourWebsite
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in sterile processing and high-level disinfection, with a strong focus on operational oversight, compliance with healthcare standards, and team leadership. Proven ability to manage departmental performance, budget, and training programs while ensuring quality and safety in a clinical environment.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Sterile Processing LeadershipExpert Knowledge In Sterilization ProcessesActive Certification In Sterile ProcessingStrong Decision-Making SkillsBudget Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead OR Sterile Processing Departments at Hugh Chatham Health, Wilkes Medical Center, and Alleghany Health
- Provide 24/7 strategic leadership, direction, support, accountability, and operational oversight
- Oversee decontamination, sterilization, high-level disinfection, distribution, inventory management, and equipment processing
- Supervise OR SPD technicians and staff to achieve operational performance and quality goals
- Evaluate departmental performance, utilization, financial reports, quality, and compliance
- Collaborate with surgeons, OR personnel, Clinical Coordinators, OR administration, physicians, clinicians, vendors, and senior leadership
- Recommend and manage policy, procedure, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection prevention changes
- Analyze inventory and surplus reports and direct corrective measures
- Manage tray configurations and instrumentation inventory levels
- Use instrument tracking systems to manage workflow, employee evaluation, and inventory data
- Ensure compliance with CMS, TJC, AAMI, AORN, APIC, and manufacturer instructions for use
- Maintain technical expertise and demonstrate sterile processing procedures to staff
- Develop orientation programs and coordinate training and competency validation
- Schedule staff and work to ensure cases have required instrumentation
- Monitor labor and expense budgets and maintain department performance and attendance reports
- Provide performance reviews and deliver corrective action
- Assist the Associate Director with major projects and act on behalf of the department in the Associate Director's absence
- Travel frequently between managed sites and handle emergency or crisis situations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts Degree required
- At least one to two years of sterile processing and leadership experience
- Ability to manage day-to-day operations of a busy healthcare central sterile/sterile processing department
- Expert knowledge in sterilization and high-level disinfection processes
- Active certification in sterile processing/central sterile via CBSPD or IAHCSMM required
- Additional SPD Management/Leadership certification must be obtained within 12 months of hire
- Ability to communicate and problem solve using critical thinking
- Experience developing a strong team environment and serving as a role model for training and teaching in a clinical setting
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong decision-making, analytical, problem-solving, and budgeting skills
- Extensive knowledge of instrumentation, processing, sterilization, and case carts
- Basic knowledge of surgical procedures and instruments for high-volume procedures
- Ability to plan and organize a substantial workload
- Coaching, counseling, and staff development skills
- Ability to cope under emergency and stressful conditions
- Proven and documented success in Sterile Processing
- Ability to perform required physical activities including standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling
Benefits
Comp & perks- Benefits Eligible
- Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
- Other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
- Career development and well-being programs
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
SterilizationHigh-Level DisinfectionInventory ManagementInstrumentation KnowledgeCase Cart ManagementTechnical Expertise In Sterile Processing ProceduresOperational Performance EvaluationPolicy And Procedure ManagementQuality AssuranceCompliance With Healthcare Standards
Soft Skills
Excellent Oral And Written CommunicationCritical ThinkingProblem-SolvingCoaching And CounselingTeam Development
Tools & Technologies
Instrument Tracking SystemsInventory Data Management Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
Active Certification In Sterile Processing Via CBSPD Or IAHCSMMSPD Management/Leadership Certification
Industry Keywords
CMS ComplianceTJC ComplianceAAMI StandardsAORN StandardsAPIC Guidelines