Service and Product Assistant

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

21h

About The Position

To receive, deliver, replenish, clean, and maintain appropriate equipment/supplies/linen/forms. To assist with maintaining inventory control.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/G.E.D.
• 6 months comparable materials or related experience and/or extensive knowledge of medical hardware/software and medical supplies through formal education channels
• Independent use of computers including data entry

Nice To Haves

• 1 year experience

Responsibilities

• Maintains adequate inventory levels of equipment, linen, and supplies.
• Understands inventory control concepts
• Calculates par levels and recommends adjustments
• Differentiates between supply usage whether routine, special cause, patient volume change or cyclical change
• Alerts Inventory Specialist to variances, stock-outs, defects, etc.
• Accounts excess inventory, documents and properly routes
• Routinely performs cycle counts to identify inventory adjustments and expired product
• Removes recalled, changed or expired products as instructed
• Coordinates shipment, delivery and stocking of supplies for all locations
• Operates computer for supply and equipment requests as well as equipment tracking, productivity reporting, etc.
• Maintains medical equipment.
• Identifies medical products and equipment by proper name, purpose and potential connection to other medical products.
• Reviews Operating Room surgery schedule and selects appropriate medical supplies and surgical instruments for Case Care set-up
• Assures appropriate rotation of medical equipment to maximize utilization and meet patient care area needs
• Performs gross decontamination of instruments and accessories; cleans, rinses and properly routes
• Decontaminates and cleans patient care equipment
• Responds to customer requests for supplies and demonstrates effective communication.
• Provides courteous and timely responses to customer inquiries
• Effectively differentiates supply/equipment request types as stat/emergency (life threatening) and routine
• Speaks English proficiently
• Clearly articulates conversation by phone, E-mail and in-person
• Confirms nature of requests to ensure accuracy

Benefits

• Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more!
• Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/afscme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees