Job Details
**Description**
*Position at DHR Health*
**POSITION SUMMARY:**
Provides secretarial and administrative support services to management staff, including, but not limited to typing/word processing, proofreading, preparing reports, processing correspondence, scheduling meetings, recording at meetings, receiving visitors, maintaining files and conducting special projects as assigned.
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**POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS** **:**
* High school GED graduate required
* Valid Texas driver's license required
* Experience in material management and hospital experience preferred
* Computer knowledge is required
* Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.
* Good written and verbal communication skills required.
* Ability to read, write and speak English
* Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians
**JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE** **:**
* Proficient in the preparation, set up and maintenance of inventory, equipment and supplies used for patient care.
* Stocks and maintains adequate inventory of supplies.
* Demonstrates competency to operate office machines and MMIS applications.
* Must have at least (2) year experience of inventory management.
* Prefer experience of inventory management in a healthcare setting.
**POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES** :
* Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice
* Assess inventory and PAR levels daily as well as notifies the end user of stock status.
* Prepares supply order based on inventory assessment and anticipated needs.
* Submits supply order electronically utilizing the MMIS application.
* Receives and reconciles supply orders.
* Correctly labels and stocks supplies. .
* Distributes supplies and fills stock orders, noting discrepancies.
* Organizes and retrieves all unused supplies as well as used equipment from clinical units and hospital departments for credit, returns or re-distribution.
* Minimizes acquisition/delivery times of supplies by working efficiently.
* Exchanges and accurately restocks emergency and other designated procedure carts.
* Retrieves, decontaminates and processes minor hospital medical equipment.
* Demonstrates cost effectiveness by maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
* Monitors and processes all supplies that are expired or expiring by either returning for credit, isolating for first use or removing for disposition.
* Processes stock and non-stock orders for units.
* Communicates backorders and subs to nursing staff.
* Returns misplaced items to back to shelves.
* Reduces excess inventory and navigates utilization of supplies to insure appropriate stock levels.
* Uses email to communicate with Purchasing and Nursing to accommodate supply needs of dept.
* Must operate copy machine, facsimile machine, computer and other office equipment.
* Maintains cleanliness of work areas, supply rooms and the dock.
* Retrieves totes & carts.
* Pick up charge sheets from departments.
* May perform other tasks and duties as assigned that is appropriate with the operation of the Supply Chain Department
**LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES** **:**
(Chain-of-command)
Lead Inventory Supervisor Warehouse Manager Assistant Director of Supply Chain