PENESE CLARK
Sterile Processing Manager/ Consultant
Vacaville,Ca.
Summary
Self-Motivated and multi-faceted healthcare professional with history of improving sterile environments for hospital operating rooms and other department that rely on sterile goods. Demonstrated ability to supervise a team through leader ship, employee development, education, and mentoring. Proven capability in identifying and implementing operating procedures that improve accuracy, efficiency, and productivity. A compassionate healthcare professional with 25 years hands on experience in a fast-paced operating room and sterile processing environment> Accountable and responsible with a strong focus on patient safety. Detail-oriented Sterile Processing Technician with over 26 years of related experience. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with hardworking and diligent nature.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT MANAGER/ EDUCATOR
UNIVERSITY OF DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER
SACRAMENTO, CA
05.2020 - 05.2022
- Responsible for orientation and training of new employees
- Responsible for oversight of CPU staff, care and preparation of surgical instruments and supplies
- Maintained CPU departmental/ processes according to facility accepted nationally recognized standards example AMNI and ARON
- Vase knowledge of principles and practices of documentation of sterilization processes
- In charge of continuing education of about 120 CPU technicians
- Identified parameters and sterilization method required for each item to be sterilized.
- Implemented New GUS unit for high level disinfection
- Helped create and implement rotating task assignment
- Coordinated competency program, Orientation, in-service programs and maintain all department employee training records
- Responsible for developing, implementing, tracking and managing all departmental educational activities and curriculums and instruction for both newly hired and current staff members.
- Assessed instruments, equipment and containers to promote cleanliness and proper functioning.
STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER-CONSULTANT
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
SANTA CLARA, CA
06.2019 - 07.2020
- Managed daily operation for trauma level 1 Hospital with 40 employees, 12 operating rooms and and average of 45 to 60 cars a day
- Worked closely with vendors to ensure timely arrival and preparation of loaners needed for cases
- Implemented loaner process
- Ensure all loaner trays were processed and ready for next day cases
- Managed duties of sterile processing technicians and scheduled staff appropriately to meet all customers needs
- Prepared and trained new supervisor to ensure that industry standards and departmental policies of hospital were followed
- Responsible for Education and training of 10 new sterile processing employees, and 2 new sterile processing supervisors
- Responsible for orientation, in-service programs and maintaining all department employee records
- Helped with interviews for potential candidates and streamlined hiring process
- Created task assignments for sterile processing department
- Helped with design and construction of sterile processing decontamination area.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER
NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE
FLAGSTAFF, AZ
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Managed daily operations for trauma Level 1 Hospital with 27 employees, 14 operating rooms and and average of 45 cases
- Worked closely with vendors to ensure timely arrival and preparation of loaners needed for cases
- Managed duties of sterile processing technicians and department schedule to appropriately demands of customers
- Mentored and trained 3
- New supervisors
- Lead interviews for potential candidates and streamlined hiring process
- Managed daily operation fo multiple customers to include both impatient and outpatient departments
- Ensured that staff provided highest quality of sterile product
- Prepared and trained new supervisors to ensure that industry and hospital policies were followed
- Implemented all aspects of training and orientation
- Followed up with all employees to ensure basic sterile processing skills continue to have adequate integration in their particular technical role
- Maintained JCAHO standards in relation to staff competencies.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING EDUCATOR
NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE
FLAGSTAFF, AZ
05.2018 - 07.2018
- Developed and held Sterile Processing Coarse for 18 sterile processing technicians, in which 16 of 18 became certified sterile processing technicians
- Evaluated new hires and trainees’ work performance
- Educated staff to new SPD technology, changes in policies/ procedures and evaluated effectiveness of such innovations
- Maintained DNV standards in sterile processing department
- Developed competency program, new employee orientation, in-service programs and maintained all department employee training records.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER
KAISER WEST LA HOSPITAL
LOS ANGELES, CA
10.2017 - 04.2018
- Managed daily operations for 35 employees with 15 operating room and average of 50 cases
- Managed two Sterile Processing Departments
- Received No citations from JACHO survey
- Developed, implemented and monitored departmental policies/procedures/regulations
- Lead interviews for potential candidates and streamlined hiring process
- Accountable for reviewing, evaluation, and approving contracts as it halted to both surgical instrumentation and equipment
- Managed employee and departmental safety risk management issue
- Managed instruments and equipment repairs
- Restructured Sterile Processing Department workflow ( created task assignments)
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING EDUCATOR
KAISER WEST LA HOSPITAL
LOS ANGELES, CA
08.2017 - 10.2017
- Responsible for overseeing Education of 3-Leads, and 30 technicians
- Ensured that staff provided highest quality of sterile and high-level disinfected patient care equipment, instrumentation and supplies in compliance with requirement of Joint Commission, federal, ARON and AMMI standards
- Trained staff on SPM System
- Implemented process improvement for case cart tracking using updated module from SPM which allowed us to track all instrumentation to patient
- Evaluated new hires and trainee’s work performance and recommended if more training needed. Educated staff on new SPD technology, changes in policies and procedures.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING CONSULTANT
BAYLOR FRISCO MEDICAL CENTER
FRISCO, TX
06.2017 - 07.2017
- Was brought in to evaluated Sterile Processing Manager and Lead technicians
- Ensured that sterile processing department was adhering to AMMI standards
- Developed action plan based on recommendation of assessment.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING CONSULTANT
WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL
WHITE PLAINS, NY
04.2017 - 06.2017
- Developed an action plan based on the recommendation provided from my assessment
- Monitored the progress of the action items with a plan
- Ensured staff was competent and adjusted training approaches if competencies was not consistently achieved
- Ensured compliance with the Joint
- Commission and other organizational and regulatory standards with in the sterile processing department.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT MANAGER/ EDUCATOR
INOVA HOSPITAL FAIRFAX
, VIRGINIA
10.2016 - 03.2017
- Responsible for overseeing Education of 3- Supervisors, 3-Leads, 140 - technicians
- Educated and
- Managed the daily operation for a trauma level 1 Hospital with 62 operating rooms and an average of 150 to 200 cases a day
- Assisted in Managing the daily operations for multiple customers to include both in patient and external customers
- Ensured that staff provided the highest quality of sterile and high-level disinfected patient care equipment
- Trained and Mentored the Sterile Processing Supervisors
- Assisted in maintaining JCAHO standards in relation to staff competencies
- Coordinated Competency program, orientation, in-services and maintained all departmental employee training records.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING CONSULTANT
GLENDALE MEMORIAL
GLENDALE, CA
10.2016 - 10.2016
- Assisted Manager pass the Joint Commission finding survey
- Helped with day to day operation for 16 employees with 8 operating room and an average of 20 cases a day
- Ensured that staff completing the sterilization documentation correctly and consistently.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING SUPERVISOR
ST. JOSEPH’S MEDICAL CENTER
STOCKTON, CA
06.2016 - 09.2016
- Supervised the daily operation for 22 employees with 15 operation rooms and an average of 50 cases a day
- Supervised the daily operations for internal and external customers
- Implemented the Impress tracking system
- Helped with error of instrumentation for the Or, Clinics and the hospital
- Implementation of new policies, new processes, procedures, product conversions and new services in accordance with AORN, OSHA, AMMI and Joint Commission recommendations as well as Title 22 regulations and requirements
- Manage payroll budget, performance management including hiring, evaluation, disciplinary action and training of employees and staffing schedule.
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT MANAGER
UNIVERSITY OF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GA
12.2015 - 03.2016
- Managed the daily operation for a trauma level 1 hospital with 45 employees, 22 operations rooms and an average of 80 cases a day
- Helped implement new processes in the operating room and the sterile processing department
- Helped with addressing any procurement of instruments for the OR, Clinics and the hospital
- Helped with training of the sterile processing staff on taking over the process of running the sterilizers in the operating rooms.
STERILE PROCESSING EDUCATOR
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SAN Francisco, CA
02.2015 - 07.2015
- Responsible for overseeing the education of 8-Supervisors, 148- technicians
- Trained staff on the SPM tracking system
- Responsible for the training and orientation of new employees
- Created a training program and identified prospectors in the sterile processing department to help train.
STERILE PROCESSING SUPERVISOR
MARIN GENRAL HOSPITAL
, CA
03.2013 - 01.2015
- Supervised the daily operation for 20 employees with 12 operating rooms and and average of 25 cases a day
- Helped implement the SPM tracking system
- Redesigned the sterile storage area.
STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
, CA
05.2007 - 06.2010
- Supervised the daily operations for 43 employees with 15 operating rooms and an average of 35 cases a day
- Supervised the daily operation for internal and external customers
- Responsible for department schedules to ensure proper staffing levels
- Maintained sterilization records
- Maintained instrument and supply orders for the sterile processing department.
STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN II
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
VALLEJO, CA
04.1997 - 05.2007
- Maintained instrument and supply order for the sterile processing department
- Able to complete all assigned task with out guidance
- Knowledgeable in all areas of the sterile processing department to include, decontamination, sterilization, tray assembly, patient care equipment cleaning and distribution of patient care equipment in the hospital to include: PCA, CPM, IV PUMPS, IV POLES, Rental beds,,etc
Skills
- Improved sterile processing staff’s attendance from 1067% to 20%
- Worked closely with clinical specialists, OR and Surgeons to build new or revised existing
- Implemented and educated sterile processing technicians on several different instrument
- Tracking systems ( SPM, Impress, and T-DOT)
- Worked collaboratively with OR leadership to eliminate and or reduce Immediate Use
- Passed several Joint Commission surveys with No Citations
- Improved tray errors and contaminated instrumentation reaching OR with education and
- Implemented and Educated a Sterile Processing coarse at NAH where 16 out of 18 employees
- Patient Care Standards
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT MANAGER/ EDUCATOR
UNIVERSITY OF DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER
05.2020 - 05.2022
STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER-CONSULTANT
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
06.2019 - 07.2020
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER
NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE
07.2018 - 07.2019
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING EDUCATOR
NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE
05.2018 - 07.2018
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER
KAISER WEST LA HOSPITAL
10.2017 - 04.2018
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING EDUCATOR
KAISER WEST LA HOSPITAL
08.2017 - 10.2017
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING CONSULTANT
BAYLOR FRISCO MEDICAL CENTER
06.2017 - 07.2017
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING CONSULTANT
WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL
04.2017 - 06.2017
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT MANAGER/ EDUCATOR
INOVA HOSPITAL FAIRFAX
10.2016 - 03.2017
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING CONSULTANT
GLENDALE MEMORIAL
10.2016 - 10.2016
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING SUPERVISOR
ST. JOSEPH’S MEDICAL CENTER
06.2016 - 09.2016
INTERIM STERILE PROCESSING ASSISTANT MANAGER
UNIVERSITY OF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
12.2015 - 03.2016
STERILE PROCESSING EDUCATOR
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
02.2015 - 07.2015
STERILE PROCESSING SUPERVISOR
MARIN GENRAL HOSPITAL
03.2013 - 01.2015
STERILE PROCESSING MANAGER
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
05.2007 - 06.2010
STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN II
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
04.1997 - 05.2007
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