Responsibilities/Job Description:
Fairview is looking to hire a Service and Product Assistant to join our team at Fairview East Bank University Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. This is a full-time, 1.0 FTE day-shift position, approved for 80 hours per pay period and is benefit eligible. The anticipated schedule is Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This position is represented by AFSCME.
To receive, deliver, replenish, clean, and maintain appropriate equipment/supplies/linen/forms. To assist with maintaining inventory control.
Responsibilities
- Maintains adequate inventory levels of equipment, linen, and supplies.
- Understands inventory control concepts
- Calculates par levels and recommends adjustments
- Differentiates between supply usage whether routine, special cause, patient volume change or cyclical change
- Alerts Inventory Specialist to variances, stock-outs, defects, etc.
- Accounts excess inventory, documents and properly routes
- Routinely performs cycle counts to identify inventory adjustments and expired product
- Removes recalled, changed or expired products as instructed
- Coordinates shipment, delivery and stocking of supplies for all locations
- Operates computer for supply and equipment requests as well as equipment tracking, productivity reporting, etc.
- Maintains medical equipment.
- Identifies medical products and equipment by proper name, purpose and potential connection to other medical products.
- Reviews Operating Room surgery schedule and selects appropriate medical supplies and surgical instruments for Case Care set-up
- Assures appropriate rotation of medical equipment to maximize utilization and meet patient care area needs
- Performs gross decontamination of instruments and accessories; cleans, rinses and properly routes
- Decontaminates and cleans patient care equipment
- Responds to customer requests for supplies and demonstrates effective communication.
- Provides courteous and timely responses to customer inquiries
- Effectively differentiates supply/equipment request types as stat/emergency (life threatening) and routine
- Speaks English proficiently
- Clearly articulates conversation by phone, E-mail and in-person
- Confirms nature of requests to ensure accuracy
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or 2 years' experience in lieu
- 6 months comparable materials or related experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year health care related experience.
- 1 year customer service experience
Qualifications:
$21.96- $30.15 Hourly