OR Supply Chain Technologist - Full Time

In this role you will be:

• Responsible for the OR inventory including daily patient charges and verifying supply replenishment, returns, and repairs.
• Identifying all patient charges daily for all total joints, bipolar, and other procedures, verifying that supplies have been charged appropriately.
• Verifying that all charges are closed before running the daily purchasing support report.
• Assisting with daily cycle counts of each surgical specialty supply and entering the required inventory adjustments in the system.
• Reviewing the purchasing supply report and verifying the items to be purchased with the purchasing department.
• Responsible for ordering specialty instrumentation trays or other requested specialty sterile supplies for OR surgeries and communicating this with the OR charge nurse and the OR supply chain coordinator.
• Acting as the primary liaison between the sales force and the OR staff on behalf of the MM department.
• Assisting with the delivery of case carts from central processing to the OR.
• Responsible for checking case carts for accuracy and completeness.
• Receiving the daily stock deliveries from the general storeroom and receiving, validating the receiving reports vs the supplies received, then restocking the supplies to the appropriate locations.
• Tracking back orders and working with materials management staff to ensure delivery of needed supplies.
• Applying charge labels on all chargeable products daily.
• Organizing and replenishing all OR storage areas as required.
• Labeling and cleaning the 4th floor storage area as required.
• Investigating all product recalls and working to remove supplies from the shelf as suggested.
• Assisting with receiving Bill Only invoices from vendors and submitting those to the OR supply chain coordinator to create the required purchase order.
• Performing monthly product expiration date checks on all supplies.
• Noting the supplies expiring within 3 months and working to receive vendor credit/replacement, uses in another department, or selling items through a third-party vendor.
• Attending and participating in all required meetings, in-services, and education such as CPR, trauma, universal precautions, product introduction and utilization team, and online education.
• Participating in team and committee meetings.
• Assisting materials management and accounting with pricing and quantity issues on invoices as needed.
• Performing cost studies for products as directed by the OR supply coordinator.
• Participating in quality control programs.
• Accepting and completing other duties as assigned.
• Able to multitask.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree preferred
• EXPERIENCE:
• 3-5 years experience working with supplies in an OR environment
• Recent experience working in an OR technologist role

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:

• OR technology certification preferred
• Certified Surgical Technologist