Materials Coordinator - Surgery

San Luis Valley Health; Colorado; On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental and vision plans

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Retirement plan with employer match

Life and disability insurance

Education program benefits

Volunteer opportunities

Employee discounts

Job summary

San Luis Valley Health is hiring a Materials Coordinator for the Surgery department. The role provides clerical support and handles acquisition and dispensation of surgical materials to peri-operative services.

Daily purchase requisitions and maintenance of logs are required, with emphasis on PAR level management, expiration date tracking, and coordination with Biomed for equipment status.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Computer and data entry skills.
• One year of equipment purchasing or peri-operative experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process daily stock and non-stock item orders in the surgery department.
• Deliver daily items to all areas and manage PAR levels with expiry monitoring.
• Place orders for surgeon special requests (equipment, instruments, implants).
• Ensure all owned, leased, or trial equipment is checked and approved by Biomed.
• Generate purchase orders and cost breakdowns for items ordered.
• Maintain implant logs and inventory for implants.
• Coordinate repairs with Biomed and vendors to ensure prompt service.
• Order and maintain instruments and equipment for the department.
• Monitor supplies to ensure timely delivery of items.
• Research product options when regular items are unavailable.
• Assist with entering department charges in the charge master.
• Support department records for prompt reimbursement.
• Coordinate in-services for equipment use and training.
• Monitor equipment maintenance and service dates.
• Communicate with healthcare team members in person and by phone.
• Assist physicians and surgery staff with information and supplies.

Skills

Data entry

Clerical tasks

Equipment purchasing

Peri-operative knowledge

Education

High School diploma or GED

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

This position will close 10/30/26

San Luis Valley Health is seeking a Materials Coordinator to join our Surgery department! The Materials Coordinator will provide clerical support and acquisition and dispensation of materials to the Peri-operative services. Daily purchase requisitions for supplies and maintenance of logs will be required.

What You'll Need:

• High School or GED
• Basic Life Support – American Heart Association required.
• Computer and data entry skills
• One year of previous equipment purchasing or peri-operative experience, preferred.

What You'll Do:

• Daily order for stock/non stock items throughout the surgery department.
• Deliver daily items to all areas and management of PAR levels with monitoring of expiration dates.
• Manage and place order for all special requests by Surgeons (equipment, instruments, and implants).
• Assures all equipment owned, leased, trialed is checked and approved by Biomed.
• Generation of purchases orders/cost breakdown of items ordered.
• Maintain/monitor implant logs, management of implant inventory.
• Manage and log all repair items. Trouble shoot equipment, notify biomed with work orders, and work directly with vendors to assure needed repairs are made. Assure prompt repair/return, obtain loaner items.
• Instrumentation ordering and maintenance for the department and assist as needed for other departments.
• Close monitoring of supplies to assure timely delivery of items.
• Able to research products for available options if regular items are unavailable.
• Maintenance of charge master for surgery department, assist in the entry of department charges.
• Assistance with records to assure proper/prompt reimbursement.
• Coordinate in-services for equipment and instruments to assure proper training and use.
• Monitoring of equipment and instruments to coordinate routine maintenance.
• Communicates with all members of the healthcare team, in person and via telephone.
• Assists physicians, and other surgery team members with provision of information and supplies.
• Other assignments and duties as needed to assist the department to function.

We Take Care of Our People

As the largest employer in the San Luis Valley, we commit to providing our employees with quality and affordable benefits to complement a fulfilling work experience and help balance life experiences and needs. To show our appreciation of your hard work, we offer a competitive and comprehensive total benefits package, including:

• Full medical, dental and vision plans to suit the needs of you and your family, with low-cost copays and deductibles, all without high out-of-pocket expenses.
• Enjoy a generous amount of Paid Time Off and Sick Leave in your first year with accruals starting on your first day!
• Start saving with Retirement plans available from day one, providing up to 5% employer match after one year of employment.
• Free life and disability insurance benefits for full-time employees with the opportunity to purchase additional coverage at low costs.
• Add to your benefit package with a variety of voluntary benefits such as identity theft protection, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts and more.
• Take care of yourself with our free on-site 24-hour employee health center, and discounts to a selection of local fitness/recreational centers.
• Keep learning by utilizing our education program benefits to foster your growth and development.
• Give back to the community with multiple opportunities throughout the year to volunteer with our own non-profit SLV Health Foundation and other SLV- and community-sponsored events.
• Discounts on cell-phone plans, ski/snowboard lift tickets, Dell computers, local pools, Adams State University functions and more!
• Your family is our family so our employees and their family members have access to our employee support services, including up to four free counseling sessions to assist with work/life solutions.