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Registered Nurse - Reusable Medical Devices Coordinator (Sterile Processing)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Reusable Medical Devices Coordinator (Sterile Processing) Registered Nurse is located at the Dublin VA Health Care System
What You'll Do
- →Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Nurse Reusable Medical Devices (RMD) Coordinator Registered Nurse executes position responsibilities that demonstrate expert leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex RMD situations.
- →Responsible for providing clinical knowledge in the processes used for all critical, semi-critical, and non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) per manufacturers' instructions for use (IFU) throughout the facility.
- →Responsible for the quality management, reprocessing activities pertaining to training, competency assessment, development of SOPs based on manufacturers' IFU, and aiding in succession planning for all areas of RME.
- →Utilizes their in-depth clinical judgement as they assume responsibility for all functions within the RMD Program ensuring the clinical administrative appropriateness of services delivered.
- →The RMD Registered Nurse functions as a liaison between clinical programs and non-clinical services which require the use of RMD (i.e., directives, findings, action plans, changes in manufacturers' IFU, etc.).
- →Disseminates all information to appropriate personnel, serving as an education resource and content expert for RMD using only the latest evidence-based research on which to base their practice.
- →This RMD collaborates with other personnel in assuring that all staff understand the clinical evidence and reasoning regarding changes affecting the RMD Program and establishes a strong partnership with the Infection Prevention (IP) staff.
- →The RMD Coordinator is a clinical consultative resource for all patient care areas to assure that all RMD is properly stored, used, and pre- treated according to clinical guidelines and reprocessed properly according to established scientific principles.
- →This RMD Coordinator will provide oversight of compliance with directives and guidance relating to RMD.
- →Executes leadership in the ability to present, lead, educate, and motivate all levels of nursing and hospital staff, including the executive level, to ensure compliance with RMD directives.
- →Oversees appropriate reprocessing of RMD to eliminate risk of infection and provide timely safe patient care in all patient care areas.
- →Responsible for continuous quality improvement projects that result in improved services to all users of RMD.
- →Utilizes collaborative strategies while working within and between disciplines.
- →Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
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