Rural Medical Device Reprocessing Department Educator

Your Opportunity:

Reporting to the Central Zone Medical Device Reprocessing Department (MDRD) Manager, the Rural MDRD Educator works collaboratively with site MDRD managers and staff as a resource and mentor for staff in the MDRD through annual education/site visits & practice audits facilitated through the requesting site manager to the central zone manager for coordination. The educator provides direction and feedback to staff on required processes, and adherence to reprocessing standards to in scope employees within the MDRD. This role will support rural sites within central zone which provide medical device reprocessing services, and assist in associated MDRD redevelopment projects, surgical program expansion, and site quality initiatives. The allocation of hospitals in which this role supports will be determined in consideration of the successful applicants, geographical locations, and the services/activity each area supports.

Description:

The Rural MDRD Educator for the Reprocessing Departments provides leadership in planning, coordination, and evaluation of educational and training activities and needs for staff involved in the reprocessing of Medical Devices. These programs include but are not limited to orientation, compulsory and continuing education as per CSA Standards, clinical development, maintenance of training competencies for surgical processors and working in partnership with post-secondary programs for the training and orientation of students, identification of barriers and solutions for training of staff responsible for sterile reprocessing of Medical Devices in decentralized areas. Maintains competencies of the Surgical Processor in the area of cleaning, disassembly, assembly, sterilization of surgical instruments and case carts. The Reprocessing Educator is responsible for delivery of programs based on identified needs which includes continued competencies, quality improvements and organizational objectives.

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