Distribution Clerk, Materials Management

Heywood Healthcare Inc.; Gardner, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Heywood Healthcare in Gardner, MA is seeking a Warehouse Associate to support departments by stocking, labeling and delivering supplies. You will ensure accuracy of receiving, assist in inventory control and help keep patient care areas stocked and organized.

The role emphasizes teamwork, safety, and reliability, with 40-hour days and a pay rate of $20.00 to $20.60 per hour. Candidates should have a High School Diploma and at least one year of warehouse experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma is required.
• At least 1 year of warehouse operations experience.
• Proficiency with computer systems for inventory and receiving.

Responsibilities

• Works with departments and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment for patients and visitors.
• Removes safety hazards from the environment immediately to prevent hazards.
• Prioritizes and reprioritizes work based on customer needs.
• Keeps equipment in clean and working condition.
• Maintains materials and supplies to do the job.
• Collects patient charge cards from various locations within the hospital.
• Reviews charge cards and inputs them into the Meditech system.
• Delivers stock via cart to the correct department.
• Ensures carts carrying stock are never left unattended and stock is properly located.
• Keeps storerooms neat and organized during daily delivery process.
• Improves and maintains storeroom appearance for order and safety.
• Delivers emergency stock promptly as needed.
• Delivers IV solutions including those with potassium and kits to care locations.
• Demonstrates product knowledge to minimize incorrect deliveries.
• Maintains par levels of stock on patient care units.
• Recommends adjustments to par levels and orders based on usage.
• References packing lists and receiving documents to verify shipments.
• Prepares accurate labels for packages as requested.
• Ensures items and equipment are packed properly for shipping.
• Delivers equipment and supplies using hand carts or trucks.
• Delivers overnight and rush orders immediately.
• Restocks shelves and rotates inventory to prevent expiration; reports expired goods.

Skills

Computer literacy

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Overview

You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!

Hours: 40-Hours, Days, 7:30am - 3:30pm, Monday through Friday

$20.00 - $20.60

Disclaimer:

We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good‑faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Works together with departmental and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
• Maintains a clean and comfortable environment for patients and visitors.
• Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately to prevent potential safety hazards from occurring.
• Prioritizes and reprioritizes work based on the changing needs of the customers.
• Keeps equipment in clean and working condition.
• Maintains materials and supplies to do job.
• Collects patient charge cards from various locations within the hospital.
• Reviews patient charge cards and inputs them into the Meditech Computer System.
• Delivers stock via cart to the correct department.
• Ensures that the carts carrying stock are never left unattended and that stock is placed in the proper location in departments.
• Utilizes a few minutes each day during the delivery process to ensure the supply rooms are neat and organized.
• Improves and maintains the appearance of the storeroom so that the room is orderly and safe.
• Delivers promptly emergency stock as needed.
• Delivers IV Solutions including those with Potassium and Kits and Trays with medications such as Lidocaine to the appropriate locations in patient care departments.
• Demonstrates knowledge of products to minimize the chance of incorrect deliveries being made, resulting in re‑work.
• Maintains par levels of stock on the patient care units.
• Recommends adjustments to par levels and orders placed, based on the usage of stock.
• References packing lists and other receiving documents to confirm the accuracy of shipments, as requested by the department manager or supervisor.
• Prepares accurate labels to packages being shipped as requested by the department manager or supervisor.
• Ensures items and equipment is packaged properly for safe shipping as requested by the department manager or supervisor.
• Delivers equipment and supplies using the hand cart or truck
• Delivers overnight and rush orders immediately.
• Restocks shelves and rotates inventory to ensure first in first out and that products do not expire, as well as, reports all expired goods to the supervisor.

Statement of Other Duties

This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job‑related duties beyond those explicitly described.

Functional Demands

Physical Requirements

Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning or working with hands). Frequently stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist).

Organizational Expectations

Behavioral Attributes

The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation, concern for order, flexibility, initiative, self‑confidence, customer service oriented, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking and information seeking.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma

Minimum Work Experience

• One year experience in warehouse operations

Required Skills

• Computer literacy