Material Specialist

UChicago Medicine•Chicago, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

UChicago Medicine is hiring a Material Specialist in the Inventory Management department. This is a 100% onsite position for someone based in the greater Chicagoland area. The Material Specialist serves as a primary contact for Medical Center departments, interacting with staff in person and through meetings, pages, and phone calls. The role maintains prescribed inventory levels in patient care and ancillary departments, resolves issues related to assigned tasks, and keeps work areas neat and orderly. The position uses handheld computers and authorized inventory logs to assess supply needs, enter data, create orders, conduct warehouse cycle counts, and rotate stock. Duties also include receiving and delivering packages and medical gas tanks, processing returns, entering receipts into the Materials Management system, maintaining supply rooms and Nurse Servers, and supporting warehouse and departmental order processes.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to prioritize assignments and organize work without direct supervision.
Knowledge of personal computers; handheld computer knowledge preferred.
Good mathematical ability.
Good verbal communication skills.
Ability to work in a stressful setting and provide excellent customer service.
Ability to lift 50 pounds of free weight and/or push 450 pounds on wheels for short distances.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of inventory management principles and receiving processes.
Knowledge of disposable hospital supplies.
Knowledge of handheld computers.

Responsibilities

Use a handheld computer and authorized inventory logs to count and assess departmental supply needs, enter data, create orders, perform warehouse cycle counts, and rotate stock.
Process and deliver common carrier and prime vendor packages.
Prepare and stage returns.
Answer warehouse and dock phones; enter departmental orders into the MMIS; retrieve and process orders from the pneumatic tube system; organize and label supply carts.
Maintain Inventory Management supply storage rooms and Nurse Servers according to prescribed stock locations and quantities.
Receive, unpack, and verify shipments, and enter receipts into the Materials Management system.
Log and accurately deliver packages and medical gas tanks to requesting departments, including nursing units, nursing supply rooms, clinics, ancillary departments, and BSD (Biological Science Division), obtaining department signatures.
Serve as a primary contact for Medical Center departments through personal interaction, staff meetings, pages, and phone calls; resolve issues related to assigned tasks.
Maintain prescribed inventory levels in patient care and ancillary departments.
Keep work areas neat and orderly.
Perform other duties as assigned.