Materials Specialist

Department: Enterprise Corporate - Supply Chain: Operations
Full-time position, benefits eligible, 40 hours per week.
Schedule: Daily 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, including weekends and holidays.
Pay Range: $19.80 - $29.70 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Maintains medical supplies inventory for designated departments.
• Accurately counts par levels and replenishes per established schedule.
• Organizes storage areas in a neat and orderly manner.
• Notifies lead distribution technician when stock levels reach critical low or outage.
• Ensures all patient chargeable items are clearly and accurately labeled with date and charge number.
• Ensures accuracy in matching goods with receiving slips.
• Counts supplies on assigned par levels accurately.
• Checks for expired goods and rotates incoming supplies to prevent expiration.
• Amends par level sheets to meet department needs.
• Adheres to general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment.
• Ensures the highest level of service to patient care areas through accurate inventory of par stock areas.
• Rotates medical supplies within par stock areas on each nursing unit.
• Handles over-the-counter issues, courier service, and bed storage/transfer services.
• Ensures all work areas are clean and orderly.
• Places materials and supplies properly in designated locations for distribution.
• Performs storeroom and materials distribution services, including inventorying, checking, stocking, issuing, and delivering medical supplies daily to all nursing units.
• Assists nursing units in resolving problems concerning stock levels as a storeroom representative.
• Responsible for receipt of all stock items and maintaining par levels of medical supplies for Medical-Surgical units.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent experience preferred.
• Previous experience with warehouse/receiving or distribution of supplies preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of medical/surgical supplies.
• Good computer skills.
• Good telephone skills.

Work Environment

• Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases.
• Subject to many interruptions.
• Occasional pressure due to multiple orders.
• Moderate noise environment.
• Clean, well-lit, and comfortable climate.

Physical Requirements

• Standing: 35% to 65%
• Walking: 35% to 65%
• Sitting: 0% to 35%
• Bending: 0% to 35%
• Reaching with arms: 0% to 35%
• Finger and hand dexterity: Required
• Talking: Required
• Hearing: Required
• Seeing: Required
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to 20 lbs.: Required
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to 50 lbs.: Occasionally required
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to 100 lbs.: Not required

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Base compensation within the listed pay range, based on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Premium pay such as shift, on-call, and more based on the job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

About the Organization

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics, and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments, and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.