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PATIENT SUPPLY ASSOCIATE II
Job Title: PATIENT SUPPLY ASSOCIATE II
Job Code: 4116
FLSA: N
Job Level: B2
Revised Date: 06/27/2005
Supervisory Responsibility: Yes
General Description of the Job Class
Coordinate and perform a variety of tasks relating to the ordering, receiving, recordkeeping and distribution of required patient care supplies for assigned Duke Hospital inpatient or support units to ensure adequate inventory.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
Order, receive, store, inventory and distribute a variety of supplies for an assigned area in accordance with established policies and procedures; transmit requests for items to Materials Management utilizing data terminal.
Periodically inspect cart to ensure all items are in assigned locations; remove, replace and report any expired or sterile items with broken packaging.
Regulate and track property assigned to the team to include carts shelving and labeling materials and notebooks; monitor the use of assigned team property. Maintain interface with professional and administrative personnel to coordinate supply activities and to resolve problems; inform central distribution manager of any problems or complaints.
Recommend cart inventory additions and deletions to professional and/or administrative personnel based on monthly usage figures.
Assist in planning, scheduling and assigning tasks to a team of Patient Supply Clerks.
Assist in training of new personnel and conducting semiannual appraisals of team members.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
Work requires the ability to screen, evaluate and log information from requisitions and to complete daily operational paperwork generally acquired through a high school education.
Experience
One year of experience in a hospital material control or related setting to acquire sufficient knowledge of products, advise users and suggest substitutions.
OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
A valid North Carolina Driver's license may be required.
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
N/A
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
N/A
Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level
N/A
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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