Senior Materials Technician

Senior Materials Technician

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals and to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a life-changing career!

Experience and Education

• Previous experience in hospital or distribution is desirable.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Valid Texas driver’s license required.

Job Duties

• Inventories and stocks all par locations as assigned. Ensures that par carts are neat and organized and products are in the correct bin locations. Recommends par level changes as appropriate. Ensures that excess product is removed and credited to the unit. Communicates product changes, stock outs, and backorders to the Nursing Managers.
• Fill supply orders and distribute supplies throughout the hospital.
• Deliver equipment, make rounds for, and decontaminate used equipment as specified by department and hospital.
• Replenish stocked supplies in correct bin locations, rotating stock and checking expiration date. Shelves and bins are properly labeled. Ensure that no supplies are on the floor, if so remove the items from the unit for disposal.
• Practices inventory control by assuring all items leaving the department or returning for credit are properly issued and expensed.
• Responds to phone and fax requests in a timely manner.
• Assures the accuracy of par orders pulled for or from off-site facility.
• Able to perform 6 out 9 of the following functions proficiently; Par Scanning, replenish pars, nurse server replenishment, special order support for patient care ordering, order picking (VLM, BMSYS AND Horizontal), receiving, put away and warehouse support.
• Assists with patient equipment delivery, cleaning, and processing.
• Perform cycle counts.
• Participates in quarterly inventory, assuring accurate counts.
• Assists with projects as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

The following is the acronym, "PACT", and is fundamental to all clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: To achieve excellence in patient care and service, all employees are expected to take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently and to the satisfaction of the patient.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: In keeping with a professional healthcare environment, all employees are expected to have the ability to perform their jobs and to appear and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner.
• C-Communications and Compassion: It is our goal that all our communications are clear, courteous, timely, and delivered with compassion, respect, and appropriate confidentiality.
• T-Teamwork: In our medical environment, our patients regard every employee they encounter as a member of the UT Southwestern Medical Center team. Our goal is to individually work hard to contribute to our team, support our co-workers, and to achieve not only excellent patient care and service, but also a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

Working Conditions

Good general health and stress coping ability. Full mobility and ability to participate in vigorous activity. Ability to speak and hear, to allow discussions with peers. Possess near acuity for accurate reading. Must be physically able to lift boxes of supplies and place them on shelves and/or carts. If a history of back injury or problem is detected on new employee physical, a physician release must be obtained to be eligible for employment.

Security

Compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is a requirement for this position.  Federal law requires individuals holding this position to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption for certain medical, disability, or religious reasons.  Individuals who do not meet CMS vaccination requirements are not eligible and should not apply for this position but are encouraged to apply for other non-healthcare positions at UT Southwestern for which they qualify.

For COVID-19 vaccine information, applicants should visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/about-virus-and-testing/cms-vaccine-requirements.html

For general COVID-19 information, applicants should visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/work-on-campus/

This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code §51.215.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community.  As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.