Operating Room Stock Clerk

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities they serve and the people they employ. This includes helping families grow through special deliveries, conveying difficult diagnoses with compassion, going above and beyond for patients' needs, and celebrating patients who overcome diseases or personal health challenges.

Responsibilities

• Pull necessary supplies for surgery cases.
• Assemble supplies based on preference sheet, working with staff on any substitutions.
• Inspect products for damage and date to ensure sterility for procedures.
• Process return credit for all locations, ensuring all products have been scanned.
• Replace products in correct location.
• Deliver supplies to requesting department in a timely manner.
• Respond to supply requests from active surgery urgently.
• Maintain adequate levels of supplies for all supported departments (e.g., MOR, OPS, Preop/Pacu & GI Lab, etc.).
• Inventory identified par locations (19).
• Restock from pick list for all par locations.
• Reclaim overstock from the par locations as necessary.
• Utilize handheld scanner to track all outdates from the inventory.
• Clean and maintain equipment and storage areas on a regular basis.
• Accurately restock items on a daily basis. Stock from appropriate inventory based on shift.
• Interact with staff in a professional manner.
• Field calls for supplies in a timely manner, prioritizing these requests during active procedures.
• Confirm and verify item being requested. Provide item to requestor ensuring appropriate entry to surgical suites.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D) required.
• 6 months previous stock clerk experience preferred.
• Experience with medical terminology or in healthcare preferred.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Skill with verbal communication.
• Skill memorizing items and locations.
• Skill using computers and performing data entry.
• Basic knowledge of stock management.
• Ability to maintain composure in stressful situations and with demanding customer interactions.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment, such as pallet jacks and motorized carts.

Physical Requirements

• Weight Demands: Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
• Frequent Activities: Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting, Carrying, Crouching, Keyboarding/typing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Reaching, Speaking/talking, Walking.
• Constant Activities: Fingering/Touching, Grasping, Hearing, Seeing/Visual, Standing, Stooping/bending, Twisting.

About Nebraska Methodist Health System

Nebraska Methodist Health System is comprised of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. Founded in 1891, the organization prioritizes financial assistance, health education, outreach to diverse communities and populations, and community benefit activities.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.