Supervisor- Sterile Processing - RDS-Evenings
Mayo Clinic · Rochester
As a Supervisor in Reprocessing and Distribution Services (RDS), you’ll lead the teams responsible for ensuring safe and sterile surgical instrumentation and equipment. This role focuses on quality, safety, and compliance across instrument decontamination, packaging, sterilization, and distribution processes, ensuring regulatory standards and infection prevention practices are consistently met.
You will oversee operational functions across sterile processing, including:
- Decontamination, packaging, sterilization, and distribution workflows
- Staffing alignment to workload and operational demand
- Equipment maintenance, preventive processes, and quality compliance
- Partnering with education and quality leaders to ensure regulatory standards are met
- Hiring, performance management, and development of team members
- Process improvement initiatives focused on quality, efficiency, and regulatory readiness
In addition, this role:
- Supports policy development, education, and quality assurance initiatives
- Leads through coaching, teaching, and development of team members
- Partners with leadership on process improvement and ensures regulatory readiness and compliance
About the RDS / Sterile Processing Team
The sterile processing team focuses on the decontamination, packaging, sterilization, and distribution of surgical instruments and equipment. This team plays a critical role in infection prevention and regulatory compliance across the organization.
Work in this area is highly process-driven and essential to supporting all procedural and patient care environments.
Why This Team Feels Different
- Strong focus on quality, patient safety, and regulatory standards
- Critical behind-the-scenes role enabling all procedural and surgical care
- Highly structured, process-driven environment with system-wide impact
- Opportunity to build expertise in structured operations, quality systems, and leadership development
- Environment that values accountability, trust, and a strong desire to grow as a leader
Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.
- Medical: Multiple plan options.
- Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
- Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
- Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
- Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.