POSITION SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES

As a professional working within the perioperative services department, the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Educator possesses in-depth knowledge and technical expertise in SPD best practices and processes with which the SPD Educator utilizes to serve as a subject matter expert, a consultant for University Health stakeholders, and in supporting and mentoring SPD staff. The SPD Educator is responsible and accountable for identifying knowledge or practice deficiencies of staff, developing educational interventions, coordinating intervention implementations, and evaluating outcomes on the identified gap(s) in accordance with organizational policies and procedures, and best practices of professional organization standards to drive high quality outcomes.

The responsibilities of the SPD Educator include (but not limited to) onboarding new hire staff and coordinating their probationary orientation period...