Materials & Central Supply

PURPOSE/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: This position is responsible for coordinating and maintaining the ordering and/or stocking and inventory control of all medical/surgical and nursing supplies in the emergency room, CAH, swing bed, clinic, and assisted living. Responsible for placing orders for materials, equipment, products or services and inventory control. Makes recommendations for effective and efficient inventory management based on trending and historical practices to include, but not limited to; par levels, substitute recommendations, purchasing processes, and census capacity. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 1. Supports and models behaviors consistent with Pioneer Medical Center’s mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental, and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance. 2. Creates and submits purchase orders for supplies, equipment, and services. Ensures orders do not become delinquent. Assists departments in completing purchase requests. Orders and/or stocks medical/surgical and nursing supplies for the ER, CAH, swing bed, clinic, and ALF. Responsible for maintaining PAR stock levels for all areas 3. Designs and implements product standardization and inventory control strategies to enhance distribution, minimize supply utilization, reduce inventory and obsolescence. Recommends development, revisions, and implementation of standards for purchasing of supplies and equipment. Coordinates approved changes. 4.Ensures availability of quality product and equipment and avoidance of shortages. Plans and organizes the special-order supplies. Resolves shipping discrepancies. Expedites and arranges for credit, return or replacement of defective or damaged items. 5. Research product options for managers as changes and new efforts are considered. Works with Billings Clinic GPO to maximize participation rates. Presents new products from GPO to managers and medical staff. 6. Identifies discrepancies in the billing charge master system for supplies. Routes requests for pricing changes and/or the addition of new supplies to the IT service desk for entry into Cerner charge master system for supplies. Performs sterilization of instruments for the ER. 7. Decontamination: Identifies and uses appropriate methods as identified by manufacturer’s guidelines to sort, disassemble, decontaminate, clean, and disinfect instruments and clinical equipment. Shows proficiency in operating and troubleshooting cleaning equipment. Appropriately handles garbage, soiled linen, and biohazard materials. Maintains safety standards and ongoing departmental competencies and educational requirements. Instrument assembly and packaging: Identifies and inspects instruments for cleanliness and functionality. Correctly assembles instruments and packages them appropriately to set standards as it relates to validated sterilization method. Must be familiar with the various packaging materials available for sterilization and must be able to select the appropriate packaging for the item and sterilization process. Must be able to correctly identify a multitude of different instruments and how to properly process them Sterilization/High Level Disinfection (HLD): Selects appropriate sterilization or high-level disinfection methods. Identifies and follows correct principles of sterilization/HLD. Properly documents and verifies sterilization loads and biological tests to determine the efficacy of the sterilization process. Must be able to understand the advantages and limitations of each sterilization method and be able to demonstrate competency in using all equipment used for sterilization and HLD. Correctly identifies when and how to safely use different sterilization/HLD methods available. 8. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental, and …

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