Per Diem OR Supply Chain Technician

Position Summary

EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS) COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary:

Responsible for requisitioning and stocking all supplies within sterile stores and the surgical core, reviewing and maintaining all minimum and maximum inventory levels utilizing first in, first out method (FIFO), pulling scheduled and emergent surgical cases, pulling and delivering emergent supply requests, and handling and storing tissue and biologics.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience:

Equivalent to graduation from high school and two (2) years of experience as inventory clerk or materials handler in a surgical environment. Must demonstrate knowledge of surgical supplies.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:

None.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of:

Surgery inventory assets to include consignment, tissue, and biologics; methods and practices of receiving, storing, monitoring, and issuing materials, tools, equipment and supplies; inventory control record keeping practices and procedures; units of weights and measures and standard terminology; suppliers of materials; tissue and biologics required by surgical services; shipping requirements and methods; medical supplies, implants, biologics, and brand names; personal computers and associated software applications; use and maintenance of tools related to the work; business arithmetic; record keeping principles and practices; department and hospital safety principles and practices; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill in:

Performing accurate receipt, storage and issuance of materials, supplies, implants, biologics, consignment, and equipment; maintaining accurate inventory control records; safely using and maintaining hand and power tools and material handling equipment related to the work; making accurate arithmetic calculations; understanding and following oral and written instructions; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Mobility to work in a typical stores or warehouse setting, including the operation of standard office equipment; stamina to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time; strength to lift and maneuver equipment and materials weighing up to 100 pounds with proper equipment; vision to read printed materials including a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Certain positions may require mobility to safely operate a motor vehicle and/or material handling equipment including a forklift. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

Benefits

Per Diem and Temporary Employees are not eligible to receive benefits. THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada