INTERIM SPD Manager
Interim SPD Manager
The SPD interim manager that SHC places in your SPD area can:
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Manage the daily operations of the SPD, including practice standards, staffing, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement
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Address management issues identified through hospital process improvement efforts
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Develop and administer policies, procedures, and practices related to sterile processing
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Establish and maintain customer satisfaction of serviced perioperative areas and physicians
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Develop and implement action plans to improve staff development
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Function as a resource and role model for clinical expertise
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Hire, evaluate, manage, motivate, and counsel SPD personnel
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Maintain all protocols for quality control, records, labor relations, fiscal assets, and federal/compliance guidelines, including the Joint Commission, the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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Manage and control expenditures within budgets
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Participate in hospital fire, safety, and disaster programs
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Support and enforce infection control policies and procedures
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Maintain a professional approach with confidentiality
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Communicate effectively with medical, nursing, and interdepartmental staffs
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Assist with recruitment and transfer of SPD to a new manager
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Mentor a new manager as needed