Unit Logistics Associate I

Responsibilities

• Delivers and retrieves a variety of equipment (including but not limited to Beds, formulas, cardiac chairs, monitors, pumps), supplies, flowers, some food items, specimens, medical gases, and other items according to dispatcher or dispatch systems, to patient care areas in support of the SLA to ensure the continuity of patient care.
• Completes dispatched work requests in response to shift leader direction of Service Response Center requests.
• Maintains designated storage areas for equipment and supplies.
• Identifies and tags unserviceable pieces of equipment through the course of normal operations and works with maintenance to ensure broken equipment is repaired.
• Picks up and delivers specimens to required locations (Labs) through direction of SRC or shift leader, ensuring proper movement of patient specimens or information.
• Operates the tube system to ensure proper movement of patient specimens or information.
• Fills isolation stations on patient care units if necessary.
• Transports specimens from patient divisions to clinical laboratories.
• Utilizes department information systems to retrieve monitor and perform department's basic missions.
• Is dispatched from, operates and otherwise monitors the Service Response Center system (SRS II, IVR, etc).
• Performs other dept. duties as requested.
• Operates electric tow tractors and scooters always ensuring safe operation.
• Assists in the processing of contaminated Central Supply items to ensure proper decontamination.
• Accepts Supplies/packages/equipment for distribution to customer departments.
• Performs duties as purchasing receiver.
• Receives all goods delivered to the hospital warehouse from the receiving platform.
• Issues warehouse supplies in using departments.
• Replenishes shelves with supplies for cart picking aisles.
• Participates in annual fiscal year inventory and assists in inventory cycle counts.

Qualifications

• High School Degree or Equivalent
• One to two years of Materials/Supply handling order experience. Experience in a patient care unit or hospital setting preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with Patient Services Managers and Material Management Staff.
• Demonstrated competency in operating handheld and desktop computer systems as needed for supply ordering, replenishment and project work. (i.e. Lawson).
• Demonstrated competency in Supply Management concept (eg. PAR level).