What Jake Tayler Jacobs has said about Professional certification versus competency verification
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026
Jake Tayler Jacobs, President and chief operating officer of SIPS Healthcare Solutions, a sterile processing consulting firm; host of Bred To Lead, has been quoted on Professional certification versus competency verification 2 times in 1 episode of Bred To Lead, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Jacobs reports that most of 125 assessed SPD leaders had never been verified despite perfect competency scores.
“95 of the 125 have never been verified before, but all 125 had perfect competency scores”
Bred To Lead: Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the OR (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 40:49
Jacobs says more than 76% of SPD managers and leaders assessed performed at an entry-level technician level.
“more than 76%. of the managers and leaders that run your departments are operating at a tech one level”
Bred To Lead: Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the OR (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 37:36
Episodes
Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the ORBred To Lead · Oct 23, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
At a live conference session, Jake Tayler Jacobs and Edna Gilliam argue that sterile processing needs verified workforce development, not just certification or temporary staffing.
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