Warehouse Clerk

About the role

The Warehouse Clerk at Accendra Health plays a critical role in delivering personalized, long-term care for patients. This position involves receiving, unpacking, checking, and storing equipment and supplies, processing paperwork, and maintaining a clean and safe warehouse environment.

Responsibilities

• Packages and prepares equipment and supplies prior to distribution.
• Fills orders by preparing supplies to be distributed to patients.
• Processes paperwork for distribution of equipment and supplies.
• Ensures distribution forms, requisitions, purchase order forms, and packaging slips are completed accurately.
• Performs quality assurance checks on all products received before stocking or distributing goods.
• Maintains files on all equipment.
• Assists with the ordering of equipment and supplies to maintain appropriate inventory levels.
• Completes periodic inventory counts.
• Cleans and sterilizes medical equipment.
• Performs minor equipment repair and maintenance as required.
• Assists in completing periodic inventory count.
• May deliver equipment to home healthcare patients.
• May set up and instruct patients on the basic use of their medical equipment, as approved or allowed by local and state licensure limitations.
• Aids patients in solving problems regarding equipment use.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Qualifications

• Meets company minimum standard of Background Check.
• Passes the Department of Transportation Physical.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least one year of related work experience is required.
• Must be at least 21 years of age or older at the time of hire.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Current MVR must meet company minimum standards.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to multi-task effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, on the phone, and electronically.
• Knowledge of warehousing and inventory management.
• Computer Skills: Ability to use electronic handheld device, Microsoft Office programs, and inventory management software.
• Language Skills: English (reading, writing, verbal).
• Mathematical Skills: Basic problem solving (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication).

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of DOT and FDA regulations.
• Knowledge of Home Healthcare industry.
• Two years inventory management.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Professional Designations: CDL with Hazardous Materials endorsement.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to write, use computer, operate a motor vehicle, use a hand held device, telephone and use a document imaging system and manipulate documents.
• Regularly required to read documents and write neatly, legibly and transcribe accurate information and numbers/values.
• Required to use a variety of personal protective equipment (PPE) which typically includes, safety shoes, eye protection, exam-style latex and non-latex gloves and respiratory protection.
• Continually engages in activities that require talking and hearing.
• Frequent variations including sitting, walking, standing, kneeling, reaching or stooping.
• Frequent variations including pushing or pulling objects weighing from 20 lbs. – 60 lbs., up and down stairs, through doorways and thresholds, using dollies or carts, or on flat or angled surfaces which may include outdoor surfaces, carpeting or smooth floors.
• Frequent variations including gripping objects with hands, up to 15 lbs. of force.
• Frequent variations including gripping objects with fingers, up to 10 lbs. of force.
• Frequent variations including climbing 100 stairs on average ranging from 3”-10” in height, stepping in and out of company vehicles ranging up to 20” in height.
• Frequent variations including bending down at the waist to a torso level of 24” above the floor.
• Frequent variations including reaching, on average, 20” away from the body.
• Frequent variations including kneeling on one or both knees and squatting to perform many of the above tasks.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment varies based on the locations or activities proximate to which can range from low to high.
• Moderate exposure to dust, fume, mists and odors.
• Exposure to higher noise levels requiring the use of hearing protection.
• Low to moderate potential exposure to moderate dust, chemicals, fumes and odors, as well as cryogenic liquids and cleaning agents.
• May be required to receive or elect to receive vaccinations and participate in medical assessments and testing consistent with the work environment exposures, employee safety or patient’s exposure risk.
• May be required to work with cryogenic fluids requiring special precautions, tools and specialized PPE.

Teammate Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care coverage.
• Paid time off plan.
• 401(k) Plan.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Basic life insurance.
• Short-and long-term disability coverage.
• Accident insurance.
• Teammate Assistance Program.
• Paid parental leave.
• Domestic partner benefits.
• Mental, physical, and financial well-being programs.