Surgical Implant Logistics Specialist

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a dedicated Inventory Control Specialist for surgical implants. The role focuses on control, coordination, and replenishment to ensure implant availability, contract compliance, and waste reduction across the surgical services department.

Responsibilities include collaborating with surgeons and OR staff, maintaining records, processing orders, and forecasting needs to minimize outages.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in inventory control and purchasing or 2 years of experience in surgical services or as a surgical vendor representative
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in healthcare or related field
• Experience with surgical implants and hospital inventory systems

Responsibilities

• Research products and provides substitution suggestions as needed.
• Maintains accurate files and data on all materials purchased.
• Orders, receives, and coordinates all implants.
• Quality check’s location uploads to Lawson and makes suggestions to surgical inventory supervisor using future forecast software.
• Works with surgeons, assistant nurse managers, and technologists to assess inventory needs and revises par levels as necessary to maintain adequate levels of supplies while minimizing outages and overstocks.
• Assists with product recalls and supports Sterile Processing with supply ordering.
• Assists with daily closeouts, including communicating with supply chain and operating room staff.
• Ensures all supplies are available for next day’s cases; reviewing OR Schedule two weeks out to identify and ensure availability of needed supplies, minimizing overnight and emergent orders and deliveries and allowing for sufficient timeframes for sterilization of received implants prior to procedures.
• Coordinates transfer or purchase of supplies urgently from other campuses, hospitals, and vendors.
• Reduces variances and prepares assigned service line for daily, monthly, and annual cycle counts.
• Participates in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making recommendations, and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with system and departmental goals.
• Monitors vendor traffic and compliance with vendor policies.
• Adheres to policies and procedures for the ordering, storage, loaning/borrowing and distribution of tissue and implants.
• Coordinates returns of implants and disposable of outdated implants.
• Tracks and maintains record systems for all implants in accordance with regulatory guidelines to optimize procurement.

Skills

Good computer skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Associate’s degree or graduate from accredited surgical technology program

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Lawson software

Job description

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a dedicated Inventory Control Specialist for surgical implants. The role focuses on control, coordination, and replenishment to ensure implant availability, contract compliance, and waste reduction across the surgical services department.

Responsibilities include collaborating with surgeons and OR staff, maintaining records, processing orders, and forecasting needs to minimize outages.