unit materials associate

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

About The Position

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day. At Bridgeport Hospital, we are committed to providing quality medical care and treatment that is coordinated and centered on the patient's specific needs. We strive to achieve benchmarks as a Patient Centered Medical Home and provide health care in a setting where patients are at the center of their care team. All employees of Bridgeport Hospital are part of the patients care team and contribute to the team approach of promoting access, continuous, comprehensive care and work to provide quality improvement in the care provided to their patients. Performs a wide range of logistic responsibilities across the campus area to meet the needs of the department and support patient care. Responsibilities can include all or some of the following: Transports, delivers, cleans, and/or retrieves a variety of patient equipment, specimens, medical gases, linen, and receiving functions in support of patient care. Utilizes multiple department information systems to track, respond to and maintain records regarding customer requests. All tasks are performed in accordance with departmental customer service standards, and department Service Level Agreement (SLA), policies and procedures. Responds to department supervisor for employee coverage assignments. Actual work assignments are driven by needs of customers; may be assigned to any of the following tasks on a routine or periodic basis. EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Requirements

A minimum of a high school graduate or GED.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, customer departments, and supervisor. Ability to read, write, understand and follow specific written and verbal instructions and procedures. Basic math skills. Basic level computer skills to operate PC in a windows environment, with ability to learn and demonstrate competency in basic data entry/data retrieval in departmental information systems utilized within unit. Operate a variety of materials handling equipment.

Nice To Haves

One year hospital supply operations or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Delivers and retrieves a variety of equipment (including but not limited to Beds, formulas, cardiac chairs, monitors, pumps), supplies, flowers, some food items, specimens, medical gases, and other items according to dispatcher or dispatch systems, to patient care areas in support of the SLA to ensure the continuity of patient care.
In response to shift leader direction of Service Response Center requests, completes dispatched work requests.
Maintains designated storage areas for equipment and supplies
Ensures equipment is brought to and pulled from designated storage areas.
Works with maintenance to ensure broken equipment is repaired
Identifies and tags unserviceable pieces of equipment through the course of normal operations.
Transports specimens from patient divisions to clinical laboratories and operates the tube system to ensure proper movement of patient specimens or information.
Through direction of SRC, or shift leader, picks up and delivers specimens to required locations (Labs).
Utilizes department information systems to retrieve monitor and perform department's basic missions.
Is dispatched from, operates and otherwise monitors the Service Response Center system (SRS II, IVR, etc).
Performs other dept. duties as requested.
If necessary fills isolation stations on patient care units.
Customer Relations/Mutual Respect - Demonstrates outstanding of customer service and the Key Behaviors outlined in the Hospital's Core Success Factors in all interactions.
Interacts with all others in a considerate, helpful and courteous manner.
Receives linen from linen plant and distributes throughout the campus. Transfer dirty linen from linen to transporting trailer to ensure timely turnaround on bulk linen deliveries.
Operates electric tow tractors and scooters always ensuring safe operation
Assists in the processing of contaminated Central Supply items to ensure proper decontamination.
Accepts Supplies/packages/equipment for distribution to customer departments
Performs duties as purchasing receiver
Receives all goods delivered to the hospital warehouse from the receiving platform.
Issues warehouse supplies in using departments.
Replenishes shelves with supplies for cart picking aisles.
Participates in annual fiscal year inventory and assists in inventory cycle counts.
Performs other department duties as required to meet the needs of the department.