Veterinary Operations Technician

MedVet; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 24,796 - 38,572; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Vision and Dental

401k with Employer Match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Employee Pet Discounts

Elective Short-Term Disability

Life and Accident Insurance

Job summary

MedVet, the leading veterinarian owned and led network of specialty and emergency hospitals, seeks an Operations Technician to manage hospital inventory and ensure the care team has necessary prescriptions, supplies, and equipment. You will place orders, receive shipments, track backorders, and maintain accurate records in our hospital management system.

Ideal candidates have inventory experience in a medical setting, strong communication, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Inventory experience in a medical environment preferred.
• Works successfully as a team member and autonomously.
• Works efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Motivated to help drive change.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Detail oriented, quality focused, and self-motivated.
• Demonstrates sense of urgency while maintaining composure.
• Able to work standing for long periods of time with frequent stooping or bending.
• Able to lift 50 pounds.
• Flexibility with work hours and able to work additional hours when necessary.
• Strong acumen with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and other various software platforms.

Responsibilities

• Creates and submits orders to centralized purchasing based on par levels and order frequency.
• Facilitates local purchases as required.
• Determines weekly orders with clinical managers for timely processing.
• Tracks backorder products and short-dated items.
• Receives shipments and matches to POs in the system.
• Delivers inventory to departments and maintains central supply.
• Communicates shipment issues to Purchasing for quick resolution.
• Alerts hospital leadership to delays and identifies alternatives.
• Codes vendor invoices for service or inventory and submits for payment.
• Records inventory usage, expired drugs, transfers and returns in the system.
• Performs daily cycle counts to maintain inventory integrity.
• Analyzes inventory variances with Operations Partner.
• Facilitates repairs of smaller medical equipment and tracks tickets.
• Complies with DEA, SBOP, FDA, OSHA regulations.
• Maintains inventory of controlled substances and performs daily audits.
• Performs monthly calibration of in-house lab equipment.
• Coordinates transport needs between hospitals as requested.
• Completes projects to improve hospital processes.
• Participates in new hire orientation and doctor onboarding for Operations.
• Acts as hospital point of contact for operations during business hours.

Skills

Inventory management

Team player

Fast-paced environment

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Lifting 50 lb

Hours flexibility

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Description

MedVet is the leading veterinarian owned and led network of specialty and emergency hospitals and dedicated to delivering exceptional care and a deeply supportive experience to pets and their loving families, referring veterinarians, and our team members.

Operations Technician

The Operations Technician is responsible for proper inventory management in the hospital (i.e. ordering, receiving, rotation, cycle counts, inventory adjustments) to ensure our healthcare team has the prescriptions, supplies, and equipment needed to deliver care to our patients.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Creates and submits orders to our centralized purchasing team based on par levels and order frequency.
• Facilitates local purchases as required.
• Works collaboratively with clinical managers and leadership teams in their hospital to determine weekly orders for consistent and timely processing.
• Responsible for tracking and communication of backorder products and/or products with very short expiration dating (i.e. blood products)
• Receives shipments, matches them to purchase orders, and receives inventory in our hospital management system timely and accurately.
• Delivers inventory to proper departments and stocks Central Supply while keeping proper inventory rotation, organization, and cleanliness.
• Communicates shipment issues in a timely manner to Purchasing for quick resolution.
• Communicates backorders or other delays in product receipt to the hospital. Works with hospital leaders to identify alternative products in these instances.
• Approves and codes vendor invoices for service or inventory received and submit for payment.
• Completes accurate transactions in hospital management system for inventory used in-house, expired drugs, transfers, returns to vendor, and other as needed.
• Completes daily cycle counts to maintain inventory integrity 100% throughout the month.
• Works alongside Operations Partner to analyze and explain inventory variances.
• Facilitates repairs of smaller medical equipment and maintains repair tickets in asset management system.
• Complies with regulatory agencies requirements. This includes but is not limited to DEA, SBOP, FDA, OSHA, etc.
• Maintains inventory of controlled substances including checking into management system, daily audits, and final destruction.
• Completes monthly calibration of in-house laboratory equipment.
• Assists on coordinating transport needs between hospitals, as requested.
• Completes assigned projects to improve hospital processes.
• Participates in new hire orientation and Doctor Onboarding processes for Operations.
• Functions as the hospital point of contact for the operations team during normal business hours.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Inventory experience in a medical environment preferred
• Works successfully as a team member and autonomously
• Works efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Motivated to help drive change.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Detail oriented, quality focused, and self-motivated.
• Demonstrates sense of urgency while maintaining composure
• Able to work standing for long periods of time with frequent stooping or bending.
• Able to lift 50 pounds.
• Flexibility with work hours and able to work additional hours when necessary.
• Strong acumen with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and other various software platforms.

Perks and Benefits include:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits
• Vision and Dental
• 401k with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Pet Discounts
• Elective Short-Term Disability
• Life and Accident Insurance

Compensation:

This position has a hiring range of $18.00 to $28.00/hour based on skills and experience.

Come as you are. MedVet is an equal opportunity employer. We are also a drug-free organization; therefore, employment with MedVet is dependent upon the passing of a drug screen and background check.

MedVet does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.