Sterile Processing Manager

• Location: Evansville, IN

• Facility: Ascension St. Vincent

• Department: Sterile Processing

• Schedule: Full Time | Day Shift

• Lead and mentor the sterile processing team, fostering high engagement, accountability, and seamless daily operations across staffing, training, and performance management.
• Enforce rigorous quality and sterilization standards, driving audit readiness and regulatory compliance to guarantee sterile, safe instrumentation for every surgical procedure.
• Optimize surgical instrument inventory and logistics, using data insights to reduce loss, standardize products, and maintain efficient hospital-wide instrument distribution.
• Oversee departmental budgets and vendor contracts, aligning cost-containment initiatives and resource allocation with the organization’s overarching strategic goals.
• Shape continuous process improvements, leveraging metrics and incident trends to refine safety workflows and elevate system-wide sterile processing practices.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

• Required Credential(s):
• One or more of the following:
• Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) obtained within 12 Months (1 year) of hire date or job transfer date.
• Central Service Tech specializing in Sterile Processing credentialed from the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association obtained within 12 Months (1 year) of hire date or job transfer date.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 3 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Technical degree with 2 years of experience OR 7 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. 3 years of leadership or management experience preferred.