What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Supply Chain Associate II position at Duke University Health System?
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About Duke HomeCare & Hospice
Pursue your passion for caring with Duke HomeCare & Hospice, which offers hospice, home health, and infusion services across the region, as well as serves as the home forthe Duke Caregiver Support Program. Team members work closely with a patient's physician to provide comprehensive, individualized care in the comfort of their home or at our inpatient hospice facility in Durham, NC.
Patient Supply Chain Associate II
Job Code: 4116
FLSA: N
Job Level: B2
Supervisory Responsibility: Yes
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
Job Code: 00004116 PATIENT SUPPLY ASSOCIATE II
Job Level: B2
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
About Duke HomeCare & Hospice
Pursue your passion for caring with Duke HomeCare & Hospice, which offers hospice, home health, and infusion services across the region, as well as serves as the home forthe Duke Caregiver Support Program. Team members work closely with a patient's physician to provide comprehensive, individualized care in the comfort of their home or at our inpatient hospice facility in Durham, NC.
Patient Supply Chain Associate II
Job Code: 4116
FLSA: N
Job Level: B2
Supervisory Responsibility: Yes
- Work Schedule is Monday-Friday, from 9:30 AM to 6:30 AM.**
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
Job Code: 00004116 PATIENT SUPPLY ASSOCIATE II
Job Level: B2
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
