Medical Supply Technician; Sterile Processing RME Coordinator

Overview

The Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) RME Coordinator position is assigned to the Sterile Processing Services department of the nursing service at the Martinsburg WV VA Medical Center.

• Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Has collaborative oversite of all Non-Critical - Critical - and Semi-Critical RMD Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with the SPS Chief and QA/Educator
• Interacts administratively with all services that are impacted by RMD - including but not limited to:
  Surgery - Medicine - Imaging - Pharmacy - Nursing - Dental - Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) and more through positive interaction and collaboration
• Manages RMD according to the SPS Directives and organizational standards of practice including but not limited to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) - the Association for peri-Operative Registered Nurses (AORN) - the Association for Surgical Technologists (AST) - Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) and (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology)
• Ensures all reprocessing personnel are empowered to stop the line for any improperly processed devices or questionable processes
• Ensures single use - disposable medical devices (SUDs) are never reused - reprocessed or re-sterilized
• Performs work and assignments at the full performance level of an SPS MST including all areas of SPS - decontamination - disinfection - inspection - preparation - packaging - sterilization - storage - and transport of all critical and semi-critical RMD - reprocessing procedures and equipment
• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
  Not authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
  Not authorized
• Pay:
  Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Parental Leave:
  After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child
• Child Care Subsidy:
  After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
• Retirement:
  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance:
  Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Telework:
  Not available
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 000000
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not authorized