Equipment Services Associate

About the role

Performs the daily equipment services work delivering of clean supply, inventory management, and distribution of medical equipment, beds, toys, cleaning supplies for soiled rooms, etc. to various inpatient care and emergency department areas.

Responsibilities

• Distributes and manages the equipment and bed for all inpatient areas and partners with the emergency department and surgical areas for optimal patient care.
• Cleans all patient care medical equipment in the soiled utility.
• Maintains a daily and monthly equipment log for infection control and activity.
• Maintains proper inventory stock levels of all medical equipment, cables, pumps, beds, etc.
• Performs floor sweeps to manage excess equipment and beds for the purpose of redistributions based on inventory stock level, acuity, and census.
• Sets up equipment for Nursing and other Clinical Education as needed.
• Responsible for bringing broken medical equipment to Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and/or Bed Storage for repairs.
• Retrieves repaired equipment from HTM and/or Bed Storage.
• Orders bed/equipment rentals per specific patient requirements when requested by clinical staff.
• Collects recyclable/disposable supplies and distributes to the appropriate department.
• Distributes equipment/supplies to other floors during tube system downtime or to floors without tube access.
• Responds to customer service requests in a timely and expedited fashion.
• Alerts supervisor/team lead when a customer service request is unable to be fulfilled, or customer is unhappy.
• Communicates with supervisor regularly regarding problems and all major activities.
• Maintains order and cleanliness in the areas worked and the areas serviced.
• Observes and enforces departmental and general hospital policies and procedures, particularly relating to the practice of safety and security measures.
• Conducts and/or attends in-service training programs as directed by supervisor.

Requirements

• High School Degree or equivalent required.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Able to organize and prioritize daily tasks.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Able to handle multiple requests and work in a stressful environment.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Able to perform data entry and comfortable utilizing technology.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of proper lifting techniques and safe use of materials handling equipment, both manual and powered is required.
• Perform job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus of innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co-workers, and others.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED (Required).

Pay

Pay Range $19.50-$30.23 Hourly At Lurie Children’s, we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity, reflecting individual contributions, experience, and expertise.

Benefits

Benefits For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes: Medical, dental and vision insurance Employer paid group term life and disability Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Accounts Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave 403(b) with a 5% employer match Various Voluntary Benefits Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage Tuition assistance Student loan servicing and support Adoption benefits Backup Childcare and Eldercare Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities Discount purchasing program