Materials Management Tech - Materials Management (Days)

Hospital Supply Coordinator

Responsible for receiving and distributing supplies to hospital departments. Distributes equipment to requesting departments.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Experience

One year of related experience. Requires a working knowledge of standard practices and procedures.

Licenses & Certifications

DRIVER'S LICENSE

Qualifications

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and other members of the hospital staff. Ability to learn new procedures and execute them in an accurate manner within prescribed deadlines. Good mathematical skills. Neat and professional appearance. Previous central services experience preferred or one year experience in any of the following areas: storeroom, hospital or clerical work.

Area of Responsibilities

Coordinates activities specific to Higgins such as: Community Activities (school supplies, Christmas adopted families), Quarterly Employee Recognition, Volunteer activities, Meal Tickets, Vendormate equipment maintenance, issuing hospital camera, credit card purchases (tracks/reconciles), physician office deliveries, pest control, trash pickup and mat cleaning services. Coordinates safety check for new equipment and assigns fixed asset number. Issues equipment, verifies charges, and conducts daily rounds to ensure adequate equipment. Monitors/tracks borrowed equipment. Performs other duties such as scanning, entering data into inventory system, and cleaning department. Maintains a clean Pyxis supply station and work area. Generates and delivers lost charge reports weekly to designated floors and/or daily rejections report. Provides supply replenishment to carts and Pyxis cabinets. If required acquires supplies from other facilities, drug stores, or home health. Reconciles patient charges and places tags on patient chargeable supplies. Conducts physical inventory on scheduled basis (weekly, annual). Stocks, rotates and reorders chargeable and non-chargeable supplies. Maintains Communications Board for department. Maintains strong customer service relationships with departmental co-workers and other hospital staff. Receives supplies and works with appropriate staff to reconcile discrepancies. Responsible for delivering interoffice mail and other courier items to appropriate departments. Responsible for preparing outbound UPS shipments.

Compliance Statement

Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Contact With Others

Appreciable contacts as regular part of the job with others outside of the department or organization. Requires discretion and tact to give or get specialized information to perform duties of job.

Effect Of Error

Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.

Supervisory Responsibility

Exercises no supervision, work direction, or instruction of other employees or students

Mental Demands

Routine duties using one or more of several established procedures within a prescribed practice under general supervision. Involves minor decisions many of which are repetitive.

Physical Effort

Minor physical effort - Job requires person to stand and/or walk frequently. Lifts, carries, or uses lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment less than half of the day. Works in reaching or strained position intermittently. Office or laboratory work requires close visual effort less than half of day. Office or Laboratory work with concentration on a monotonous, repetitious procedure or skill most of day, where speed and accuracy are essential.

Working Conditions

Generally pleasant working conditions/normal office environment.

Physical Aspects

Continually (at least once per day) Visual Bending Typing Manual Dexterity -- pinching with fingers, etc. Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching Hearing Reaching -- above shoulder Reaching -- below shoulder Speaking Standing Balancing Walking Lifting up To 25 lbs. Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping Carrying Climbing Kneeling Squatting Pushing/Pulling -- up To 25 lbs. Occasionally (at least once a month) Running - In response To an emergency Lifting 25 To 60 lbs. Smelling Pushing/Pulling -- 25 To 60 lbs.