Materials Support Assistant

Boston Medical Center (BMC); Boston (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is seeking a Materials Support Assistant to ensure timely availability of medical and surgical supplies across clinical areas. You will manage inventory, process orders, and support receiving and delivery activities using hospital systems.

The role emphasizes accuracy, pace, and excellent service to care teams. The position involves rotating evenings and weekends as part of full-time operations within Materials Distribution Services, focusing on inventory integrity

Qualifications

• Experience handling medical and surgical supplies in a hospital setting.
• Familiarity with inventory control and stocking procedures.

Responsibilities

• Handle medical and surgical supplies for inpatient units and outpatient departments.
• Enter counts into hospital inventory software and upload orders to the Host Server.
• Rotates and counts items, ensures no expired stock, and consolidates items daily.
• Receive and deliver packages from receiving docks; verify quantities and packing slips.
• Deliver STAT packages immediately and maintain accurate logs of received boxes.

Skills

Inventory management

Hospital environment

Communication skills

Tools

Hospital inventory software

Job description

Position Summary

Under the general guidance and direction from the Manager and/or Supervisor of Materials Distribution Services performs a variety of daily tasks to ensure all clinical areas have the right medical & surgical supplies at the right time, in the right quantity and in the right bin/location. These tasks include ordering, replenishing, delivering, managing expiration dates of medical and surgical supplies for all assigned clinical areas using handheld terminals and/or manual methods. Receives packages at the receiving docks and delivers to the right locations at the right time. Helps in maintaining warehouse inventory include code carts. Works in accordance with the department standards and provides exceptional service to our customers without exceptions.

Position Summary

Under the general guidance and direction from the Manager and/or Supervisor of Materials Distribution Services performs a variety of daily tasks to ensure all clinical areas have the right medical & surgical supplies at the right time, in the right quantity and in the right bin/location. These tasks include ordering, replenishing, delivering, managing expiration dates of medical and surgical supplies for all assigned clinical areas using handheld terminals and/or manual methods. Receives packages at the receiving docks and delivers to the right locations at the right time. Helps in maintaining warehouse inventory include code carts. Works in accordance with the department standards and provides exceptional service to our customers without exceptions.

Position: Materials Support Assistant

Department: MDS MP Operations

Schedule: Full Time (40 Hrs., 9:30am - 6pm shift. Holidays and Rotating weekends)

Essential Responsibilities / Duties

Materials Support Assistant will be responsible for one or more of the following areas based on the daily assigned tasks.

Handling Medical & Surgical supplies for inpatient and outpatient departments

• Is responsible for handling Medical and Surgical supplies for the assigned inpatient Nursing Units or outpatient departments by using the hospital inventory software on a daily basis. Detail tasks includes:
  • Puts away the supplies from primary Low Unit of Measure (LUM) vendor trolleys in to the clean utility room including Med room or any other storage area.
  • Rotates the items to ensure there is no expired item on the shelves.
  • Counts the supplies on the shelves in the clean utility rooms including Med rooms or any other storage area.
  • Orders by entering the correct count into the hospital inventory software device.
  • Uploads the orders to Host Server on a timely basis.
  • Ensures that pick for par items are picked from the warehouse shelves the same day by using inventory system.
  • Consolidates like items in the LUM totes received from vendor on a daily basis.

Receiving and delivering packages from the Receiving Docks

• Scans in the packages (via hospital inventory Receiving and Delivery (RAD) Module) while the truck driver is unloading.
• Creates the log sheet for all packages received for the day
• Verifies the number of boxes before signing the acknowledgement.
• Removes the packing slip from outside of the box or inside of the box.
• Verifies the product against the packing slip.
• Receives the correct quantity in inventory receiving module and writes receiver number on the packing slip.
• Makes a copy of packing slip and tape it on the box for end user.
• Delivers “STAT” packages immediately.
• Places the received box at the designated area on