Equipment Coordinator

WVU Medicine; Rochester (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals seeks an experienced Inventory Control Specialist to develop, implement, and maintain centralized equipment inventory across perioperative and patient care areas.

You will coordinate a team, optimize equipment utilization, monitor costs, and ensure compliance with storage guidelines while partnering with clinical and non-clinical staff. Day-to-day duties include managing PAR levels, coaching staff, and analyzing usage data to support hospital operations.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree with two years supply chain experience or equivalent high school diploma with four years experience.
• Experience in healthcare supply chain preferred.
• CMRP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains inventory locator systems to facilitate easy retrieval.
• Serve as the administrator for equipment handling system.
• Prioritizes workload to manage multiple priorities.
• Provides guidance and coaching to less experienced team members.
• Analyzes and trends clinical equipment cost, spend, and utilization data.
• Assists in identifying and resolving daily operational problems.
• Collaborates with leadership to maintain equipment pars for operational needs.
• Monitors storage compliance per policy and accrediting agency guidelines.
• Engages clinical and non-clinical staff to determine PAR levels and on-site storage items.

Skills

Project management

Software implementation

Training

People management

Accounting software

Spreadsheets

Word processing

Hardware and software problem solving

Inventory management

Receiving and purchasing theories

Education

Associates Degree

High School Diploma

CMRP Certification

Job description

Develops, implements, and maintains inventory control over all equipment in the centralized management fleet to support patient care and/or ancillary departments. Position is responsible for coordination of all team members within equipment handling ensuring efficiency of labor and optimization of equipment utilization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• 1. Associates Degree and two years of supply chain experience OR High School Diploma and four years of supply chain experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• 1. Certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP)

EXPERIENCE:

• 1. Four years of Supply Chain experience in a healthcare environment

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 1. Develops and maintains inventory locator systems to facilitate easy retrieval for all items.
• 2. Serve as the administrator for equipment handling system
• 3. Prioritizes workload to manage multiple priorities.
• 4. Provides guidance and coaching to less experienced team members.
• 5. Analyze and trend clinical equipment cost, spend, and utilization data, with a particular focus on high cost products.
• 6. Provides assistance in problem identification and resolution of daily operation problems within required time frames.
• 7. Work closely with leadership and staff to maintain equipment pars to support operational needs of facility.
• 8. Supervise compliance of storage regulations and guidelines as defined by policy, regulatory directives and accrediting agencies recommendations
• 9. Engage clinical and non-clinical staff regularly to determine items for PAR levels and items appropriate to be stored on-site

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 1. Requires prolonged sitting and time on feet, some bending, stooping and stretching.
• 2. Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculator and other office equipment.
• 3. Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare and communicate reports.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• 1. Work is performed in an office and perioperative services environment

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 1. Proven skills in project management, software implementation, training, and people management.
• 2. Familiar with using computerized applications including accounting software, spreadsheets, and word processing.
• 3. Demonstrates ability to recognize and solve basic hardware and software problems.
• 4. Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment. Maintains a high degree of customer service commitment with the ability to communicate data in front of diverse groups.
• 5. Have a solid working knowledge of inventory management, receiving and purchasing theories
• 6. Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment. Maintains a high degree of customer service commitment with the ability to communicate data in front of diverse groups.

Additional Job Description

Day shift 8a-430p M-F

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company: WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals

Cost Center: 4621 WVUH CH Pediatrics Supply Chain Operations

Address: 1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown
West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.