
Materials Associate
Job Description
Essential Job Function:
- Supports with accepting, verifying, and entering receipts for all shipments.
- Assists with package counts to ensure they are accurate and shipments acceptable, if not will follow outline refusal protocols.
- Inventories, reorder, pulls, restocks, rotation of inventory, check for expiration dates for areas of responsibility.
- Ensures verification of receipt of in-bound supplies, out-bound shipment processing, data entry, and restocking within specified time frames as assigned to meet department/patient needs.
- Helps expedite products to respective areas and/or storeroom locations.
- Update and maintains par levels as necessary, makes adjustments to par forms and labels as mandated.
- Supports with obtaining signature for deliveries and document reasons for non-delivery.
- Responsible for inventory accuracy, cycle counting and electronic supply replenishment.
- Helps ensure that the work area is safe, equipment is secured, and the area is free of clutter.
- Assists with ensuring that linens are collected and transported within departmental/infection control guidelines for both clean and soil cart as assigned.
- Regularly supports the sorting and distribution of clean and soiled linens in order to replenish par levels as required for daily operations.
- Adheres to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) protocols as communicated by department policies and Infection Prevention guidelines.
- Adheres to the environmental and infection control standards established by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and other regulatory agencies.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Required: High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience:
- Required: Service-related experience or prior job experience:
Licensure/Certification/Listing: