Medical Supply Clerk

The Medical Supply Clerk provides assistance to the Materials Manager for oversight of all center supplies for immediate availability and consumption in the delivery of services, along with a variety of clerical duties.

Essential Job Responsibilities with demonstrated competency:

• Communicates essential information specific to supply management ordering, receipt, and storage.
• Concurrently monitors product inventory levels by daily visualization of PAR levels and anticipated product consumption.
• Orders specialty products from direction of Material Manager, monitoring shipping and verification of delivery.
• Performs annual physical count inventory under Materials Manager's direction.
• Abides by facilities policy on tissue receiving, keeps accurate records in the tissue logbook.
• Maintains up to date and accurate receiving receipts in the receiving module in ENVI.
• Assists the Material Manager, Clinical Director and Charge RN with additional duties as needed.
• Assists with case picking when needed.
• Handles expiration dates on supplies, labels, and communicates soon to be expired items to Dept Managers.

• Assists Pharmacy with check in and delivery of medications.

Technical Competency: Abilities, Skills, Knowledge required for success in the work environment:

• Demonstrates aptitude for supply chain functions including purchasing and supply flow.
• Demonstrates aptitude for recognizing product name and anticipated function or use.
• Demonstrates abilities for recollection of products and associated manufacturer or distributor.
• Demonstrates high functioning organizational skills, maintaining electronic or paper trail for the assurance of accuracy.
• Demonstrates ability to act quickly, initiated by urgency and rapidly developing a plan of corrective action.
• Demonstrates knowledge in functional infection prevention practices by minimizing cross contamination when managing receipt of sterile product.
• Possesses abilities to read and interpret technical written information or instructions and apply accordingly.
• Methodically applies rational thought to practices which insure an environment of safety and security for business assets.
• Consistently applies hand hygiene practices to reduce cross contamination.
• Protects patient privacy. Understands and applies privacy and security of HIIPA regulations related PHI and ePHI.

Behaviors contributing to professional success in the work environment:

Professionalism:

• Self awareness of professional image to peer group, patients, physician, and visitors.
• Self awareness of personal and professional strengths and weaknesses and accepts accountability and responsibility for self improvement.
• Self awareness of personal emotions and manages conduct without creating disruption or impacting others in the workplace.
• Treatment of others is with mutual respect, regardless of age, gender, ethnic, cultural or spiritual differences, job title, status or position and is committed to promotion of a harassment-free environment.
• Maintains confidentiality and discretion when recipient of privileged information.
• Evaluates independent actions and calculated risks, seeking opportunity for improvement or advancement.
• Displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, ability to explain rationale for decisions and appropriately includes essential people in decision-making process.
• Seeks opportunities for increased responsibilities, serving on committee's or special assignments.
• Upholds organizational values, culture, and mission statement.

Reliability & Quality of work:

• Documents patient or personnel unexpected events by using even reporting management tool.
• Keeps commitments and consistent professional conduct conveys confidence from others, including patients, physicians, visitors and teammates.
• Acknowledges ability, skill and knowledge deficits and asks for assistance appropriately.
• Productivity is equal to others with same job role, including using time efficiently, and prioritizing and planning work assignments.
• Follows instructions or directives given by management.
• Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an immediate alternate plan and a long term corrective action plan.
• Completeness of task is thorough, accurate and timely, promoting quality controls.
• Restores and restocks Center storage locations work stations and monitors continuously for outdated supplies.
• Consistently is attentive to attendance and punctuality, and requests for time off is appropriate and timely for the conditions.

Communication:

• Clear, concise, accurate and timely and seeks clarification, both written and verbal context.
• Maintains accurate & current product information within the inventory module of the patient accounting system.
• Paperwork is organized for ease of tracking product in the acquisition flow and payment stream.
• Committed to resolving conflict with other(s) through lines of direct communication first or seeks assistance from management for timely resolution.

Teamwork:

• Immediately recognizes the critical role and responsibilities held in fulfilling job assignment for providing the right product at the right time in the right quantity for the right procedure.
• Recognizes and acknowledges the skill, knowledge and talents of co-workers and genuinely expresses praise and encouragement, supporting everyone's effort to succeed.
• Remains open to ideas of others, exhibiting objectivity.
• Gives and welcomes feedback for the purpose of improvement or reaching creative solutions as a group.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities, contributes to building a positive team image by placing success of team above own interests.
• Able to rally morale and group commitments to meet goals and objectives.
• Volunteers readily for tasks or responsibilities that may be for the greater benefit of the team.

Customer Service & Business Stewardship:

• Recognizes all customer relations as vital to future business relationships and reputation.
• Interaction with customer is focused for the attainment of quality, safety, and accomplishment of the expected outcomes.
• Conserves organizational resources, including supply chain consumption; judicious fiscal responsibility; and budgetary restraints.
• Responds appropriately to requests made by customers (Patient, Family, Physician, Peer, AHP, Industry Representative, Guest) in a prompt and effective manner.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job responsibility at the minimum level of competent, within the 90-day trial/hire period, and show continued improvement. The requirements listed above are representative of the abilities, knowledge and skill required for employment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a professional business-related field.

Language Ability:

Read, analyze and interpret and reiterate information from procedure manuals. Recognize and use medical terminology. Effectively communicate information and respond to questions from physicians, peers, managers.

Math Ability:

Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Calculate rate, ratio, and percentage.

Computer skills:

This job requires a significant level of computer literacy. To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including Excel. One must have the ability to learn and demonstrate proficiency with center software, with particular emphasis on the patient accounting system (HST) and the Materials Management Information System (ENVI) Previous experience with purchasing platforms was well as using vendor ecommerce sites, EDI ordering and cross platform interfacing is preferred.

Physical Demands:

The physical guidelines include ability to regularly lift (floor to shelf) supply boxes/cartons weighing up to forty (40) pounds; pushing/pulling carts loaded (up to 150 pounds) with supplies; frequently stooping, twisting, bending, reaching from (floor to shelf) to unpack supply boxes and stock storage cupboards/shelves; sitting at computer and typing up to two (2) consecutive hours.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duty of this job, the employee is repeatedly exposed to potentially infectious material, and biological bodily fluids. This job is Category I of the OSHA definitions. Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and pharmaceutical waste and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.00 - $19.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 20 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Surgery

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Boulder, CO 80303: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $19