Logistic Associate I

Overview To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day. Responsibilities Delivers and retrieves a variety of equipment (including but not limited to beds, formulas, cardiac chairs, monitors, pumps), supplies, flowers, some food items, specimens, medical gases, and other items according to dispatcher or dispatch systems, to patient care areas in support of the SLA to ensure continuity of patient care. In response to shift leader direction of Service Response Center requests, completes dispatched work requests. Maintains designated storage areas for equipment and supplies. Ensures equipment is brought to and pulled from designated storage areas. Works with maintenance to ensure broken equipment is repaired. Identifies and tags unserviceable pieces of equipment through the course of normal operations. Transports specimens from patient divisions to clinical laboratories and operates the tube system to ensure proper movement of patient specimens or information. Through direction of SRC, or shift leader, picks up and delivers specimens to required locations (Labs). Utilizes department information systems to retrieve monitor and perform department's basic missions. Is dispatched from, operates and otherwise monitors the Service Response Center system (SRS II, IVR, etc). Performs other dept. duties as requested. If necessary fills isolation stations on patient care units. Customer Relations/Mutual Respect — Demonstrates outstanding customer service and the Key Behaviors outlined in the Hospital's Core Success Factors in all interactions. Interacts with all others in a considerate, helpful and courteous manner. Receives linen from linen plant and distributes throughout the campus. Transfers dirty linen from linen to transporting trailer to ensure timely turnaround on bulk linen deliveries. Operates electric tow tractors and scooters always ensuring safe operation. Assists in the processing of contaminated Central Supply items to ensure proper decontamination. Accepts supplies/packages/equipment for distribution to customer departments. Performs duties as purchasing receiver. Receives all goods delivered to the hospital warehouse from the receiving platform. Issues warehouse supplies in using departments. Replenishes shelves with supplies for cart picking aisles. Participates in annual fiscal year inventory and assists in inventory cycle counts. Performs other department duties as required to meet the needs of the department. Qualifications Education : A minimum of a high school graduate or GED. Experience : One year hospital supply operations or equivalent preferred. Special Skills : Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with customer departments and supervisor; ability to read, write, understand written and verbal instructions and procedures; basic math skills; basic computer skills to operate PC in a Windows environment, learn and demonstrate competency in basic data entry/data retrieval in departmental information systems; operate a variety of materials handling equipment. Physical Demand : Regularly uses hands and arms to handle or feel, stand and walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; regularly lift/move up to 25 pounds, frequently up to 50 pounds, occasionally more than 100 pounds; requires close, distance, color, peripheral and depth vision; exposed to outside weather, wet/humid conditions, fumes, airborne particles, extreme temperatures, loud noise, moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals. EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran YNHHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. YNHHS Requisition ID: 185020 #J-18808-Ljbffr