**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center** : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. **Organization:** Quality, Safety & Risk Prev **Job Summary:** JOB SUMMARY Plans, develops and executes ongoing program(s) that impacts a significant segment of the organization under occasional guidance. . **Program Manager: High-level Disinfection** The Program Manager role will focus on high-level disinfection practices used across the Vanderbilt enterprise. They will serve a subjective Matter Expert for HLD chemistries. The HLD Program manager will support sites across all the VUMC enterprise including Adult, Peds, Regional, and Ambulatory sites utilizing high-level disinfection in practice. **Specifics to the job role responsibilities:** + Revises and updates on-line course work, competencies, etc. based on departmental changes that are in line with new regulations. + Help facilitate the creation of new policies, protocols, or procedures as demanded by new rules, guidelines, standards, or make recommendations for needs. + Assist with development and implementation of scenario-based learning programs for high level disinfection and instrument reprocessing. + Creation or addition practice changes to standard operating procedures or development of guidelines to support work. + Assist with HLD reprocessing documentation compliance. + Perform site visits with detailed practice audits to ensure adherence to policy and develop detailed action plan for sites that fail to meet compliance. + Partner with site leaders to facilitate improvement initiatives, to address non-compliant elements. + Education, training, and competency to be completed to audit compliance. + Auditing of practice changes post implementation to remove sites from action plan. + Conducts and incorporates an annual needs assessment for competency of staff. Assesses the competency and evaluates the proficiency of the of staff performing high-level disinfection practices. + Facilitate meeting with stakeholders to evaluate impact to operations when implementing practice changes. + Develop goals, risk assessments, & SBARs for special request initiatives. + Outline the task associated with the project and oversees and manages status of project items to project completion. **Preferred skills, education, certifications in addition to VUMC’s minimum requirements:** + Preferred, but not required as we can perform on the job training: experience with high-level disinfection AER’s and chemistries, and familiar with quality improvement strategies. + Certification, degrees, experience: + Certified Endoscopy reprocessor (CER), Society of Nursing Gastroenterology Association (SNGA), or relevant + Program Management/Quality Certification (CPHQ, CIPM, PMP, or relevant) + or 5- years relevant experience working & performing in high-level disinfection, and/or program/quality experience. This position is eligible for hybrid work from home option but does require travel to ambulatory clinic sites across Tennessee (performing onsite assessments, training, risk assessments. etc.) + Roughly 35% Travel, 50% In-Office, & 15% Work from home opportunity. We would like for the above skill set, but they are not deal breakers as to finding someone who fits all the criteria listed above will be a challenging, we can always provide on the job training. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Oversees the creation, coordination and execution of the program. • Provides budgetary management to the program. • Provides training and guidance for individuals supporting the program. • Promotes growth and expansion of the program. • The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES • Program Management (Intermediate): Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific program goals and objectives. • Financial Processes (Intermediate): Ability to monitor costs, expenses and revenue as well as the ability to manage those costs and expenses in relation to budgeted amounts. • Process Improvement (Intermediate): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality. • Peer Leadership (Intermediate): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals. • Networking (Intermediate): Build relationships through industry contacts, professional organizations and individuals. • Quality Management (Intermediate): Developing a systematic process of checking to see whether a process or service is meeting specific requirements. Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. **Core Accountabilities:** Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members. **Core Capabilities** **:** Supporting Colleagues:- Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.- Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Services:- Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.- Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.- Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation:- Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.- Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.- Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements. **Position Qualifications:** **Responsibilities:** **Certifications:** **Work Experience:** Relevant Work Experience **Experience Level:** 3 years **Education:** Bachelor's _Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled._