Sterilization Operator Supervisor (Cssd)

Job Facts

Minimum Requirements

• Appropriate experience as a CSSD operator.
• Appropriate knowledge, skills and competencies required to supervise and manage staff effectively, including leadership, planning, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must have numeracy skills and should be able to think analytically.
• Be able to supervise and be assertive.
• Sound knowledge of steam sterilisation practices and decontamination processes.
• Strong leadership, strategic, interpersonal, negotiation, facilitation, counselling, operational contingency planning, and organisational skills.
• Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Independent effective decision making and problem-solving skills within the limits of the Public Sector policy framework.
• Be willing to work overtime, which may include weekends. The ability to handle heavy equipment and perform heavy duty functions, e.g. transport of heavy stock trolleys. The ability to report defects (test data), to do elementary stock control.
• General Education and Training Certificate (GETC/Grade 9 (Std 7).

Responsibilities

• Supervise service in terms of control, cleaning, sterilizing, packing, and collecting of instruments and distribution of sterile instruments.
• Ensure continues monitoring and evaluation of staff reporting to you.
• Supervise and implement the cleaning control and testing of washing machines, autoclaves and other equipment in the department.
• Optimal support to operational manager and colleagues.
• Ensure maintenance of standards for quality and safety.
• Manage financial, physical and human resources.
• Manage human resources.
• Maintain growth and development of self and others.
• Display of core values of the Department of Health WCG in the execution of duties.