Medical Storekeeper, FT

Medical Storekeeper, FT

Requisition Number: 4101
Job Title: Medical Storekeeper, FT
Department: UUH ANC 37A DISTRO INVENTORY
Reg / Temp: Regular
Employment Type: Full Time
Shift: Swing
Work Schedule: 2pm-10:30pm, Fri-Tues, Weekends Required
Location: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - 50 NORTH MEDICAL DRIVE
City: SALT LAKE CITY
State: UTAH

Job Description:
: As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Sciences exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The Health Sciences Center seeks faculty and staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission.

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for participating in and may oversee the ordering, receiving, inspecting, storing, issuing and shipping equipment, materials and supplies for hospital departments.

This position is not responsible for providing care to patients.

Essential Functions:

- Orders, receives or oversees the ordering and receipt of material, equipment, stock, and supplies for the hospital; uses the department's computer system to maintain verification of all transactions.
- Researches cost, quality and availability of goods; selects appropriate goods and vendors; and makes purchases that comply with the department's budgetary guidelines.
- Assists hospital staff in evaluating new products and suggesting product substitutions when necessary.
- Inspects items received for accurate weight, count and condition; verifies that stock meets specifications and that orders are complete; and resolves order problems with vendors and departments.
- Stores articles by style, size, material, etc. according to department procedures; rotates supplies to ensure that items do not expire before use.
- Delivers goods to appropriate hospital or campus areas on a routine or STAT basis; may oversee the delivery or distribution of goods by filling requisitions and comparing nomenclature, stock numbers, etc; maintains a record of stock received and issued to departments.
- Repairs and maintains storeroom equipment; appropriately responds to product recall notices.
- Maintains a clean, sanitary and orderly storeroom; may make decisions regarding the physical layout of the storeroom.
- Performs inventory of stock room supplies on a weekly and semi-annual basis; may supervise inventory maintenance and determine redistribution actions for stored goods when necessary.
- Performs various clerical duties such as data entry of requisitions and receipts and answering phones; answering hospital staffs' questions regarding storeroom activities as required to ensure that quality service is delivered.
- May order maintenance and parts for trouble reports received from hospital departments.
- May compile orders for purchasing and verify the receipt of orders with Accounts Payable.
- May be required to evaluate supply needs turnover rates, cost, perish-ability, hazardous nature of goods, and storage limitations; may consult with departments in planning the range and quality of materials to be stocked.
- May monitor the storeroom budget; may document storeroom operations for billing and inventory control.
- May handle the packaging and shipping of packages.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

- Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.
- Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
- Ability to lift or move heavy or bulky supply containers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of standard warehousing.
- Demonstrated computer literacy.
- Demonstrated mathematical skills.

Qualifications:
Required:
- One year of shipping and receiving or stock room experience or equivalency.

Preferred
- Valid Utah driver's license with proof of insurability.
- Current food handler's permit.
- Completion of a medical terminology course within one year of employment.
- Previous storeroom supervision and employee leadership experience.