Carle Health
Sterile Processing Quality & Education Specialist
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Sterile Processing Quality & Education Specialist
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Overview The Sterile Processing Quality Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance with industry standards, improving process integrity, and monitoring quality outcomes related to instrument reprocessing. This role emphasizes continuous quality improvement, data tracking, and corrective action planning to support patient safety and surgical excellence. The role also involves onboarding new staff, providing ongoing education, and ensuring staff competency in all aspects of instrument reprocessing, focusing on staff development, quality support, and continuous training to maintain departmental excellence and regulatory compliance.
Qualifications
Certifications: Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Sterile Processing & Distribution Technician (CSPDT)
Responsibilities
Maintain accurate quality assurance reports and present findings to SPD leadership.
Collaborate with infection prevention and risk management teams to resolve instrument-related issues.
Assist leadership in developing and updating policies, procedures, and workflows that align with best practices.
Develop, implement, and oversee orientation processes for new hires.
Conduct annual skills validations, competencies, and performance checkoffs.
Deliver in-services, workshops, and continuing education sessions tailored to SPD needs.
Support staff in obtaining and maintaining certifications (CRCST, CBSPD).
Collaborate with leadership to identify education gaps and address them proactively.
Conduct audits of decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and storage practices to ensure compliance with AAMI, AORN, CDC, and DNV standards.
Monitor quality metrics such as tray errors, missing instruments, bioburden failures, and turnaround times.
Investigate and document quality variances, incidents, and near-misses; recommend and implement corrective actions.
Stay current on evolving regulatory standards, technologies, and apply updates to department quality processes.
About Us Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health. Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life‑long careers at Carle Health.
Compensation & Benefits The compensation range for this position is $22.10 to $36.91 per hour. The actual compensation offered a candidate will depend on factors including experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers carlehealth org/benefits.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
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Sterile Processing Quality & Education Specialist
role at
Carle Health
Overview The Sterile Processing Quality Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance with industry standards, improving process integrity, and monitoring quality outcomes related to instrument reprocessing. This role emphasizes continuous quality improvement, data tracking, and corrective action planning to support patient safety and surgical excellence. The role also involves onboarding new staff, providing ongoing education, and ensuring staff competency in all aspects of instrument reprocessing, focusing on staff development, quality support, and continuous training to maintain departmental excellence and regulatory compliance.
Qualifications
Certifications: Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) or Certified Sterile Processing & Distribution Technician (CSPDT)
Responsibilities
Maintain accurate quality assurance reports and present findings to SPD leadership.
Collaborate with infection prevention and risk management teams to resolve instrument-related issues.
Assist leadership in developing and updating policies, procedures, and workflows that align with best practices.
Develop, implement, and oversee orientation processes for new hires.
Conduct annual skills validations, competencies, and performance checkoffs.
Deliver in-services, workshops, and continuing education sessions tailored to SPD needs.
Support staff in obtaining and maintaining certifications (CRCST, CBSPD).
Collaborate with leadership to identify education gaps and address them proactively.
Conduct audits of decontamination, assembly, sterilization, and storage practices to ensure compliance with AAMI, AORN, CDC, and DNV standards.
Monitor quality metrics such as tray errors, missing instruments, bioburden failures, and turnaround times.
Investigate and document quality variances, incidents, and near-misses; recommend and implement corrective actions.
Stay current on evolving regulatory standards, technologies, and apply updates to department quality processes.
About Us Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health. Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life‑long careers at Carle Health.
Compensation & Benefits The compensation range for this position is $22.10 to $36.91 per hour. The actual compensation offered a candidate will depend on factors including experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers carlehealth org/benefits.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
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