Material Handler II Per Diem Weekends

About the Role

Inventories, delivers, and replenishes medical/surgical supplies to various clinical areas throughout the medical center. Acts as the front line liaison to the clinical departments and handles all supply-related tasks for the area, including assessing supply needs on over 300 line items, inventorying supplies regularly, and providing replenishment of supplies.

Responsibilities

• Uses a handheld inventory module to assess supply needs on approximately 300 items in up to 8 different clinical areas.
• Becomes familiar with each supply item, including nomenclature, unit of measure, and product family, and is able to communicate effectively with clinical staff.
• Replenishes all supply items daily and provides feedback on any stock shortages.
• Communicates usage trends, shortages, picking errors, and damaged items to supervision and the clinical areas.
• Ensures all necessary information pertaining to inventory issuance and returns is accurately entered into the MMIS. Calculates unit of measure conversion rates.
• Contacts customers daily to monitor any service concerns individual departments may be experiencing related to materials management. Conducts analysis to eliminate continuing issues.
• Maintains a neat, orderly work environment in each of the clinical areas serviced, including rotation of stock, validation of expiration dates, disposal of refuse, adherence to storage requirements, and neatening of existing stock.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 1-3 years of related work experience required.
• Experience with computer systems required, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access).

Skills

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge, and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in a timely and respectful manner.

Physical Requirements

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature, and the employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $25.57 per hour. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, including seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable.

Beth Israel Lahey Health requires all staff to be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.