Manager

Your Opportunity:

The MDRD Manager provides leadership and operational oversight for Medical Device Reprocessing services within the Central Corridor, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality reprocessing that supports patient care and surgical services.

Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop MDRD staff while maintaining a positive, collaborative, and accountable work environment.
• Oversee daily MDRD operations, including decontamination, inspection, assembly, sterilization, storage, and distribution.
• Ensure compliance with AHS policies, CSA standards, infection prevention and control requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Monitor quality, safety, productivity, and service performance and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage staffing, scheduling, budgets, equipment, supplies, and other departmental resources.
• Identify operational risks and implement effective solutions to improve workflow, efficiency, and patient safety.
• Build strong partnerships with Operating Room, Surgical Services, Infection Prevention and Control, Quality, Supply Chain, physicians, and other stakeholders.
• Lead change initiatives, promote innovation, and support standardization and best practices.
• Ensure staff competency, education, and ongoing professional development.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline, management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Recognized education/training in Medical Device Reprocessing and/or substantial experience within an MDRD environment.
• Recognized training in Infection Prevention and Control as it relates to Medical Device Reprocessing.
• Progressive leadership and management experience within a healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing human, financial, and physical resources.
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical device reprocessing, sterilization principles, infection prevention, quality systems, and applicable standards.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change and develop innovative solutions to complex operational issues.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with clinical and operational stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, develop, and motivate staff.

Additional Required Qualifications:

• Certification in Medical Device Reprocessing through CSA or HSPA.
• Certification or formal education in Infection Prevention and Control.
• Previous management experience in an acute-care MDRD or surgical environment.
• Experience with instrument tracking and inventory management systems.
• Experience with quality improvement methodologies and healthcare performance metrics.
• Experience working within a unionized healthcare environment.
• Experience leading large-scale change, technology implementation, standardization, or process improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in management in a Medical Device Reprocessing environment or related field.
• Experience with financial monitoring and control; supply management; workload delegation; quality control and staffing.

Classification: Manager Union: Exempt Unit and Program: Central Corridor Medical Device Reprocessing Department Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Employee Class: Regular Full Time FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 01-OCT-2026 Date Available: 11-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $41.16 Maximum Salary: $70.58 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

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