About this role
UCLA Health is seeking a Central Sterile Supervisor I to lead daily sterile processing operations at the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Westwood. This role oversees staff, workflow, compliance, and the safe, timely processing and distribution of surgical instruments and equipment.
In this role the Central Sterile Supervisor will:
- Oversee decontamination, assembly, sterilization, high-level disinfection, storage, and distribution of surgical instruments and equipment.
- Coordinate workflow and case cart delivery to support operating rooms and ambulatory clinics.
- Assign work; train, supervise, and evaluate staff; and support scheduling and coverage needs.
- Monitor compliance with infection prevention, sterilization, departmental, and regulatory standards.
- Maintain inspection-ready records and oversee instrument tracking, quality data, equipment, repairs, and expenditures.
- Resolve operational concerns and recommend improvements in service, safety, and cost management.
Salary Range: $ 73, 000.00-$ 149, 600.00
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years' experience
- Knowledge of sterile processing, infection prevention, sterilization, high-level disinfection, surgical instrumentation, and case cart workflows.
- Ability to lead staff, prioritize changing workloads, solve problems, and work independently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and SPM, including preparing dashboards, tracking KPIs, analyzing data, and producing monthly reports.
- Ability to rotate across shifts as operationally needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Surgical Technician, CRCST, CIS, CBSPD, or CHLSPD certification with a
- Strong Powerpoint presentation
- Experience with staff education, performance improvement, scheduling, budgeting, inventory, or capital equipment.
- Familiarity with HSPA, AAMI, CDC, The Joint Commission.
As a condition of employment , the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.