Central Supply Chain/ Purchasing - Full-Time

La Rabida Children’s Hospital provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay. Our not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 49 beds, helps transition children from neonatal or pediatric intensive care to home, by providing medical, rehabilitative and developmental care, and by training families to continue treatments and manage the necessary equipment in the home. La Rabida also provides extensive rehabilitation for those recovering from wounds or burns and treatment for exacerbations of chronic conditions. The hospital’s enhanced pediatric patient-centered medical home provides primary care to children with complex medical conditions and their siblings. Children with medical homes elsewhere come to La Rabida for specialty services. La Rabida offers a wide range of specialty services provided to children with sickle cell disease, diabetes, and many others. Children are supported in their emotional and developmental growth, particularly in cases where such growth has been interrupted by accident or disease. Finally, La Rabida provides forensic and treatment services for children exposed to abuse and neglect, comprehensive assessments for youth in care, early intervention for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Care coordination services for medically complex children are also provided for those who are covered by a health plan and receive care from providers in Cook County Job Description SUMMARY: This position is responsible for clinical inventory management through database and physical counts of materials to meet daily distribution demands. Responsible for maintaining designated supplies and materials par levels within the hospital. The Central Supply Specialist also is responsible for the disinfection, cleaning, storage and transporting of medical equipment, owned or rented. Actively partner with the clinical staff to support the hospital’s mission of improving the quality of life for each of our patients. Central Supply primary customer base include (1) Inpatient care, (2) Acute Care Center, (3) Outpatient Clinic, (4) Rehab Services (5) Respiratory and other ancillary medical service departments. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1) This position is required to work independently and as a member of the Supply Chain group, under direct and indirect supervision. The employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness and conformance to standards of practice or precedent. The position will receive work tasks from the Central Supply Lead Specialist and the Purchasing Manager. 2) Monitors central supply inventory levels through database review and periodic cycle counts of products to meet the daily distribution needs of the hospital. Maintains appropriate records and files of data entry documentation for quantities of products ordered and received. 3) Checks for expiration of Central Supply items while restocking assigned areas and main inventory. Monthly, provide the Lead Supply Chain Specialist with a list of supply and material items due to expire within the next 75 days of each month-end. 4) Identifies items to be charged, added or deleted from the physical inventory and inventory database. 5) Provide a reasonable and timely response to requisition requests for hospital supplies and materials from departments within the hospital. Requisition requests are received through email, phone calls, voicemail, Vocera, in-person requests and through Meditech. 6) Fill supply requisitions and phone requests to restock the Crash Carts stocked to the appropriate levels. 7) Troubleshoot inventory discrepancies and report to the Lead Supply Chain Specialist, items with significant volume variances…

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