Lead Medical Supply Technician (Reusable Medical Device Coordinator)

Full Job Description

The Southern Arizona VA Healthcare Network is recruiting for a Lead Medical Supply Technician (Reusable Medical Device Coordinator).

The Technician serves as a monitoring specialist for all RMD related activities in the medical center, providing oversight and coordination.

S/he interacts with all services utilizing RMD to ensure compliance with precleaning, handling, transport, and storage requirements.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Experience.

Six months of experience that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work; or Education.

One year above high school that included at least 6 semester hours in health care related courses such as sterile processing, nursing assistant, hospital corpsman, and operating room and surgical technician courses or other courses related to the position; or Experience/Education Combination.

Equivalent combination of experience and education are qualifying for entry level for which both education and experience are acceptable.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations: Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) GS-08: One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.

In addition to the experience above, must be able to demonstrate the following KSAs: 1.

Ability to read and interpret written procedures and select appropriate action in order to instruct staff in correct procedures and protocols for completing assignments. 2.

Ability to communicate orally and in writing to ensure staff compliance with written directives, rules and regulations. 3.

Skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers. 4. Knowledge of sterility principles in order to instruct staff on decontamination procedures. 5.

Ability to lead individuals, manage priorities, and schedule work assignments.

References: VA Handbook 5005/83, Part II, Appendix G47, Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) Qualification Standard, GS-0622, Veterans Health Administration.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-08.

Physical Requirements: The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday with frequent bending and lifting of sterile packages and containers averaging 25 lbs.

before and after sterilization or high-level disinfection. The work requires dexterity and visual acuity for manipulation, disassembly and assembly of instrumentation.

Physical demands include bending, twisting, stooping, extending arms, lifting of heavy objects such as instrument trays to and from shelf heights ranging from 8 inches above floor level up 18 inches below ceiling height.

Use of a safety step stool or safety step ladder is required to reach work area and equipment surfaces higher than what the employee can reach unaided (i.e., standing on the floor).

Pushing and pulling of loaded sterilizer carts, transport carts, and surgical case carts is required.

The incumbent must be able to tolerate standing for prolonged periods of time, wearing impervious personal protective equipment (PPE), and higher ambient temperatures in the presence of heat-generating equipment.

The incumbent must be able to tolerate ambient noise from reprocessing equipment and activities, and odors from contaminated RME and reprocessing agents.

On a regular basis the employee alternates between the clean, controlled environment of the preparation, sterilization, high-level disinfection, and sterile storage areas and the contaminated environment of the decontamination area.

The incumbent must comply with attire and PPE requirements to protect RME undergoing preparation, high-level disinfection, or sterilization from contaminants, and to protect oneself from biohazards such as blood, body fluids, and tissues.

The incumbent must also comply with PPE requirements or other controls designed for protection against hot surfaces and chemical agents used during cleaning, decontamination, high-level disinfection, and sterilization.

Major Duties:

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Contacting manufacturers for IFU clarifications, SOP development, review, revision & updates.

Oversight of end-user competency assessments related to RMD cleaning and disinfection or precleaning and pretreatment (as applicable), handling, storage, and transport.

Monitoring and ensuring compliance with RMD-related quality assurance (QA) activities and reporting data as applicable to the appropriate committees, leadership, VISN and national SharePoint sites.

Providing RMD Committee leadership, developing and maintaining the committee charter, organizing meetings, preparing the agenda, and recording the minutes.

Obtaining and analyzing data regarding operational processes and systems to improve outcomes at the program or service level.

Reporting relevant RMD-related data, information, and presentations to committees as required, such as the Medical Executive Board.

Participating in inspections to include but not limited to Office of Inspector General (OIG), National Program Office for Sterile Processing (NPOSP), VISN, The Joint Commission (TJC), and local/internal inspections and rounds.

This may include participation as a member of an inspection team surveying other facilities in the VISN.

Participating in clinical rounds to assist in the verification of each service's RMD related SOPs.

Ensuring the facility's reprocessing of RMD is performed with high reliability according to current manufacturer's instructions for use (IFU) wherever these processes are performed.

Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday; 7:00AM - 3:30PM Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required