Materials Operations Support (Receiving/Mail/Courier)

University of Utah Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health seeks a Storeroom/Materials Handler to support the procurement, receipt, storage and distribution of supplies across hospitals and clinics. The role requires attention to detail, basic computer literacy, and the ability to handle routine and STAT deliveries.

Preferred candidates have six months of shipping/receiving or stock room experience and may hold a medical terminology course. Valid Utah driver’s license is a plus; healthcare environment experience is valued.

Qualifications

• Six (6) months of customer service, shipping and receiving or stock room experience, or the equivalency.

Responsibilities

• Respond to product recall notices.
• Order, receive and track materials and supplies.
• Use department system to verify transactions.
• Maintain stock receipt records for departments.
• Inspect received stock against specs; ensure complete orders.
• Resolve order issues with vendors/departments.
• Store items by style, size, material per procedures.
• Rotate stock to prevent expiry.
• Deliver goods to departments on routine or STAT basis.
• Keep storeroom clean and orderly.
• Perform clerical duties: data entry, requisitions, phones.
• Answer staff questions to ensure service quality.
• Document patient charges for equipment use.
• Clean and sanitize patient-use equipment.
• Maintain ATP infection-control scores.
• Ensure safety inspections and calibrations are completed timely.
• Deliver clean linen to hospital/clinic locations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• May oversee delivery/distribution of goods per requisitions.
• May handle packaging and shipping.
• May advise on storeroom layout.
• May assist in counting/sorting/folding linen.

Skills

Customer service

Shipping & Receiving

Stock room operations

Education

Medical terminology course

Job description

Overview

We are University of Utah Health. As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

Benefits

• Save 50% on Tuition (Tuition reduced for eligible employees attending the University of Utah)
• Health Coverage, Dental Coverage, Life Insurance
• Retirement
• Paid Time Off
• 11 Paid Holidays per year

Corporate Overview

University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Supports response to product recall notices.
• Orders, receives and oversees the ordering and receipt of materials, equipment, stock and supplies for the organization.
• Uses the department's computer system to maintain verification of all transactions.
• Maintains a record of stock received and issued to departments.
• Inspects and verifies that received stock meets specifications and that orders are complete.
• Resolves order problems with vendors and departments, as necessary.
• Stores articles by style, size, material, etc. according to departmental procedures.
• Rotates supplies to ensure that items do not expire before use.
• Delivers goods to the appropriate areas on a routine or STAT basis.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary and orderly storeroom.
• Performs various clerical duties such as data entry of requisitions and receipts and answering phones.
• Answers staff questions regarding storeroom activities, as required, to ensure that quality service is delivered.
• Documents patient charges for equipment use and specialty cart supplies.
• Cleans and sanitizes patient use equipment using industry standard cleaning products and techniques.
• Maintains acceptable scores for ATP surface testing for infection control.
• Ensures that safety inspections, preventive maintenance and calibrations on equipment are completed prior to scheduled expiration dates.
• Delivers clean linen to various hospital and clinic locations following a predetermined par level.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.
• May oversee the delivery or distribution of goods by filling requisitions and comparing nomenclature, stock numbers, etc.
• May handle the packaging and shipping of packages.
• May make decisions regarding the physical layout of the storeroom.
• May assist in the counting, sorting and folding of linen.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.
• Demonstrated understanding of equipment processing sanitation techniques.
• Demonstrated human relations and effective communications skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of standard warehousing.
• Demonstrated computer literacy, mathematical and problem solving skills.

Required Qualifications

• Six (6) months of customer service, shipping and receiving or stock room experience, or the equivalency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Valid, current Utah driver's license with proof of insurability.
• Completion of a medical terminology course within one (1) year of employment.
• Previous experience in storeroom supervision and employee leadership.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

• This position involves intermediate work that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects while providing assistance to patients. The incumbent may face exposure to potentially dangerous contaminated bodily fluids, blood and blood products, chemotherapy solutions and other contaminants as part of the daily hazards of the job.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Climbing, Crawling, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Non Indicated, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking