Your Opportunity:

The MDRD Manager provides leadership and operational oversight for Medical Device Reprocessing services within the Central Corridor, ensuring safe, productive, 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.

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

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.

📌 Manager (Red Deer)
🏢 Alberta Health Services
📍 Red Deer