Supply Chain Technician 1

Renown Health•Reno, NV

About The Position

This position manages the supply of goods, including inventory oversight, receipt and storage of goods, and records of distribution. The technician monitors inventory adequacy for distribution and operations from primary distribution partners and may support customer service delivery research, coordinate clinical engineering inspections, tag received assets, distribute inventory and USPS mail, manage PAR ordering and put-away for acute service lines, analyze and adjust PAR levels, and handle and store tissue. The position may also take on leadership-assigned projects, help implement process changes and develop standard work, coordinate deliveries to offsite locations, and work with project management teams and vendors to schedule equipment delivery and assembly. The role is responsible for receipt and distribution of consumable products in acute service lines. Duties may include documenting receipt and asset tagging of capital items; maintaining accurate documentation and audit records; ensuring logistics equipment is charged and functional and its software is current; packaging and shipping returned or repaired items; coordinating equipment deliveries; identifying items received with limited or missing information; monitoring supply levels; providing requested equipment for patient comfort; reconciling Central Supply charges; maintaining quality assurance retrieval programs; and determining reserve supply levels for routine and emergency needs. The technician picks, labels, shelves, rotates, and reviews patient supplies for expiration on nursing carts and in Central Supply, and assembles O.R. case carts. The position may manage electronic files and operate digital, reprographic, and related equipment to produce printed materials. It may also involve delivering mail or supplies to offsite locations and documenting receipts, returns, and outgoing shipments. If assigned offsite delivery duties, a valid Nevada or California driver's license and the ability to meet Renown Health's Department of Motor Vehicle Report criteria are required. Decisions about supply ordering, departures from normal patient charging policy or established departmental policy, and returns to the Distribution Center must be referred to the Lead and/or Supervisor. This position does not maintain liability asset location sheets or conduct periodic cycle counts of procedural inventory for surgeries. The description is not an exhaustive list of duties or conditions.

Requirements

Six months of warehouse experience.
Working-level knowledge of English, including reading, writing, and speaking.
Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computer skills needed for online learning, job-specific competencies, online forms and policies, and benefits enrollment.
If assigned offsite delivery duties, a valid State of Nevada or California driver's license and the ability to meet Renown Health's Department of Motor Vehicle Report criteria are required.

Nice To Haves

Stocking experience in a hospital materials management setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage supply inventory, including receiving, storing, and distributing goods.
Monitor inventory adequacy for distribution and operations from primary distribution partners.
Support delivery-resolution research and coordinate inspections with clinical engineering, as assigned.
Receive and asset-tag capital items and maintain accurate documentation and audit records.
Ensure supporting logistics equipment is charged, functional, and running current software when appropriate.
Package and ship returned or repaired items in accordance with departmental shipping procedures.
Coordinate equipment deliveries with the Interiors department, project management teams, and vendor representatives as applicable.
Work with purchasing to identify received items when information is limited or unavailable.
Monitor supply levels in acute service areas and provide special equipment on demand for patient comfort.
Reconcile charges from Central Supply to user stations.
Maintain quality assurance retrieval programs and determine reserve supply levels for routine and emergency situations.
Pick, label, shelve, rotate, and conduct monthly expired-item reviews of patient supplies on nursing carts and in Central Supply.
Assemble O.R. case carts.
Manage electronic files and operate digital, reprographic, and related equipment to produce printed materials, as assigned.
Deliver mail or supplies to offsite locations and document receipts, returns, and outgoing shipments, if assigned.
Refer supply ordering, deviations from normal patient charging policy or established departmental policies, and returns to the Distribution Center to the Lead and/or Supervisor.
Help implement process changes and support standard work development; undertake special projects as assigned by leadership.