Materials Specialist Ambulatory Surgery Center

About the role

A professional, enthusiastic, and energetic individual who is organized and has a positive attitude and a desire to help their team be successful.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the facility inventory management plan in the interest of delivering safe patient care as directed by the facility leadership.
• Responsible for the receipt and distribution of supply, floor stock, office and stock supplies and rental equipment.
• Maintain adequate levels of inventory.
• Return/remove excess stock.
• Follow regulatory requirements and accreditation guidelines, to support safety and security procedures.
• Perform periodic physical inventories as assigned and according to identified schedules.
• Keep carts and shelves to standards: 6” from floor, 18” from ceiling.
• Monitor, track, return outdated supplies to ensure that no outdated supply is issued.
• Ensure all receipts have purchase order numbers and are authorized.
• Check all incoming shipments for damage.
• Follow major vendor contracts and policies from DISC.
• Provide economic and conservative management of facility property.
• Ensure timely removal of soiled linen, and biohazardous and non-hazard waste throughout facility according to linen and waste management contracts.
• Pull and stock supplies for main supply areas and facility departments.
• Distribute "Special Order Items” throughout facility.
• Responsible for the department’s accurate record keeping and reporting.
• Keep all departments informed of shortages, back-orders, re-calls and any supply issues affecting requests/needs.
• Communicate to all vendors, sales reps and accounts as liaison for clinical teammates.
• Meet all established deadlines for the ordering, receipt, delivery and storage of supplies.
• Check and distribute all orders promptly and accurately.
• Monitor and troubleshoot operating equipment working with our contracted BIOMED company.

Requirements

• Hearing: Adequate to perform job duties in person and over the telephone. Able to use stethoscope and respond to verbal questions.
• Speaking: Must be able to communicate clearly to team members.
• Vision: Visual acuity adequate to perform job duties, including visual examination of patient and reading information from printed sources and computer screens.
• Physically: Requires frequent lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted, adequate physical ability including sufficient manual dexterity to perform the requisite health care service. Requires frequent bending, reaching, repetitive hand movements, standing, walking, squatting and sitting, with some heavy lifting, pushing and pulling exerted regularly throughout a regular work shift.