Associate Clinical Supply Specialist (6:30am - 6:30pm, Rotating Days & Weekends)

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) operates at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. VUMC is a community where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and abilities are challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and uniqueness is celebrated.

About the role

Dispenses medical/surgical supplies and patient care equipment with regular guidance. Ensures appropriate supplies are ordered, received, and inventory levels are maintained.

Responsibilities

• Provides materials and equipment requested in a timely manner.
• Assembles carts for distribution.
• Ensures supplies are in a clean and safe working condition and environment.
• Maintains adequate supply in storage locations.
• Cleans, prepares, and tests specialty beds or equipment for safety.
• May capture patient charges for supplies.

Additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Customer Service (Novice): Focuses on the needs and requirements of customers, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, and responding to customer needs.
• Inventory Management (Novice): Monitors material movement into and out of stock, reconciles inventory balances, and maintains adequate inventory levels.
• Equipment Inspections (Novice): Reviews and inspects equipment to ensure it meets specified requirements.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs clearly defined tasks and methods to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Follows established processes to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures common to the role.
• Team Interaction: Individually contributes to the team.

Core Capabilities

• Delivering Excellent Services:
  • Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand problems and needs, providing excellent service.
  • Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises concerns in a timely manner.
  • Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality:
  • Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
  • Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools, or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
  • Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions affecting safety and reports unsafe conditions.
• Managing Resources Effectively:
  • Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches.
  • Stewards Organizational Resources: Understands how personal actions impact departmental resources.
  • Makes Data-Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision-making to achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation:
  • Generates New Ideas: Proposes or accepts ideas that impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions for enhancement.
  • Applies Technology: Quickly absorbs new technology and understands when to utilize appropriate tools and procedures.
  • Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind and incorporating change instructions into work.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience.

Benefits

This role offers a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings to enhance well-being and professional growth.