Sarah Tarleton
Woodstock,VT
Summary
Experienced Sterile Processing Supervisor with 11 years of leadership experience in managing and supervising staff operations. The onboarding, training, and evaluating of team performance, all while promoting a culture of respect, productivity, staff safety, and product quality. Skilled in providing guidance, feedback, and development opportunities to staff, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment. Adept at prioritizing and managing operations to ensure efficient service delivery that meets the needs of clinical areas while upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Central Sterile Reprocessing Supervisor
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
05.2015 - Current
- Inventory and ensures that proper procedures are followed in obtaining new products, instrumentation, or equipment, working collaboratively with the surgery management team
- Ensures that standards of operation for the many diverse locations under purview are in compliance with the standards set by all regulatory agencies
- Utilizes a wide-ranging knowledge base of ever-changing instrumentation, equipment and techniques
- Responsible for acting quickly, accurately and with a high level of expertise to address complex matters
- Interacts daily with a wide variety of staff, disciplines and customers to achieve the best care and allocation of resources
- Adapts to the operational needs of customers requiring: 24/7/365 operation, emergent surgical cases
- Promotes and supports professional certification for all staff
- Completes detailed performance appraisals in a timely manner
- Completes staff competency assessments, annually
- Prepares daily staffing schedules to provide coverage and efficiency of operations
- Prepares monthly schedules to provide round the clock coverage on weekends and Holidays
- Consults and implements the Human Resource functions including: hiring, firing, promotion and discipline of employees
- Interacts closely with the Surgical Services, Infection Control, Risk Management and Safety departments to identify and mitigate potential patient safety issues
- Oversees the operation and troubleshooting of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization equipment
Central Sterile Reprocessing Team Lead
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
08.2013 - 05.2015
- Facilitates, provides and coordinates the services that CSR provides within DHMC
- Encompassing: Daily operations, Review & processing of standard and specialized inventory, Coordination and processing for emergency/urgent patient cases, Implementing best practices and protocols
- Worked collaboratively with the Clinics implementing creative solutions to resolve problems
- Have increased inter department communication, improving knowledge and outcomes for reprocessing
- These efforts have resulted in an improved relationship between OR & CSR & Clinics
- Precept Autoclave and Clinic training
Central Sterile Reprocessing Technician
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
05.2010 - 08.2013
- Actively participated in the decontamination and reprocessing and sterilization of all instruments and equipment used in the Hospital Clinics and Main OR according to best practice
- Reprocessed and high level disinfected endoscope and rigid scopes utilized both by the Clinics and the Main OR
- Coordinated multiple priorities on a daily basis to satisfy the clinical needs of a large facility
- Rotated through various Services learning how to reprocess specialty items
- Earned my CSPD certification through self-study
Education
Bachelors - Business with an Option in Strategic and Leadership Management
Granite State College
Lebanon, New HampshireSkills
- Performance & Process Improvement
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Relationship Building & Teamwork
- Workplace Safety & Quality Control
- Resource & Schedule Management
- Employee Evaluation & Talent Acquisition
- Conflict Resolution & Decision Making
- Influencing & Active Listening
- Attention to Detail & Monitoring
Certification
CSPD Certified May 2011-Present
Timeline
Central Sterile Reprocessing Supervisor
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
05.2015 - Current
Central Sterile Reprocessing Team Lead
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
08.2013 - 05.2015
Central Sterile Reprocessing Technician
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
05.2010 - 08.2013
CSPD Certified May 2011-Present
Bachelors - Business with an Option in Strategic and Leadership Management
Granite State College
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