Unit Logistics Associate I
About The Position
Performs supply-related functions that support patient care on the St. Raphael Campus. The role includes inventorying unit supply areas using handheld PC/PAR EX devices, putting away supply orders, maintaining neat and orderly supply areas, processing emergency supply orders, participating in reviews and updates of unit supply PAR levels, receiving unit supply deliveries, and advocating for the medical supply needs of assigned units. The associate works collaboratively with patient service managers, nursing, Materials representatives, supply vendors, Customer Service Coordinators, and other Materials staff to provide quality customer service and meet patient care needs. The position also supports campus logistics and warehouse operations by delivering and retrieving equipment and other items, maintaining storage areas, transporting specimens and linen, handling receiving and supply replenishment tasks, and assisting with equipment repair coordination and inventory. Employees are expected to work safely, provide considerate and courteous service, and follow applicable OSHA standards.
Requirements
- High school degree or equivalent.
- One to two years of Materials/Supply handling order experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with Patient Services Managers and Material Management Staff.
- Demonstrated competency operating handheld and desktop computer systems for supply ordering, replenishment, and project work, such as Lawson.
- Demonstrated competency in supply management concepts, such as PAR levels.
- Ability to lift cases of supplies up to 50 pounds, push heavy rack tracks loaded with supplies, and work in confined supply-room spaces.
- Work in accordance with OSHA standards.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a patient care unit or hospital setting is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Deliver and retrieve equipment, supplies, flowers, some food items, specimens, medical gases, and other items to patient care areas according to dispatch instructions and service-level expectations.
- Complete dispatched work requests in response to Service Response Center requests and shift leader direction.
- Maintain designated equipment and supply storage areas, including moving equipment to and from those areas.
- Identify and tag unserviceable equipment and work with maintenance to arrange repairs.
- Transport specimens from patient divisions to clinical laboratories and operate the tube system for specimens or information.
- Use department information systems to retrieve, monitor, and perform department functions, including operating and monitoring Service Response Center systems such as SRS II and IVR.
- Perform other department duties as requested, including filling isolation stations on patient care units when necessary.
- Provide outstanding customer service and interact with others in a considerate, helpful, and courteous manner.
- Receive linen from the linen plant and distribute it throughout the campus; transfer dirty linen to the transporting trailer for timely bulk linen turnaround.
- Operate electric tow tractors and scooters safely.
- Assist in processing contaminated Central Supply items for proper decontamination.
- Accept supplies, packages, and equipment for distribution to customer departments.
- Perform purchasing receiver duties.
- Receive goods delivered to the hospital warehouse from the receiving platform.
- Issue warehouse supplies to using departments.
- Replenish shelves in cart-picking aisles.
- Participate in annual fiscal-year inventory and assist with inventory cycle counts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
