Central Supply Tech- Receiving

Central Supply PRNAM Shift 7:00am - 3:30pm

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the regions third largest employer. Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the states first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimers care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

The Receiving Technician position requires an individual who has strong customer services skills, ability to communicate with all areas within the organization in a fast pace environment. Candidates should have a track record of being detail orientated and the ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills. Responsible for accurately receiving shipments, printing delivery tickets, scanning in pack slips, working with outside delivery vendors for shipping and receiving issues, utilization of the computer receiving system, staging received items for delivery, handling refrigerated/frozen items and delivering these items to all areas of the organization. Responsible for maintaining records of all paperwork pertaining to the delivery, receipt, and tracking of items shipped to the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Minimum Years of Experience: 6 Months Working in a Hospitals Supply Chain or Materials Management Department

Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional)

In lieu of 6 Months Working in a Hospitals Supply Chain or Materials Management Department, will consider either of the following:

• 1 Year Directly of Related Experience with Inventory Management (such as supply distribution, ordering, and inventory);
• An Associates Degree in a Supply Chain Management Field;
• At least 1 Year of Experience that Demonstrated Aptitude for Supply Chain Management and Successful Performance in an LMC Position (To be Reviewed by Department Leadership).

Required Certifications/Licensure: None.

Required Training

Basic computer skills, knowledge of office equipment, knowledge of supply chain computer software and operations, medical product knowledge, receiving principals, manual and electric pallet jack operation, understanding of item identification information (catalog #s, Lot #s, expiration dates), and the organization of paperwork associated with the receiving process.

Essential Functions

• Able to use vendor packing slip information to compare to items shipped by vendor to reconcile receipt of product.
• Accurately use supply chain software to enter data to receive purchase orders into the system to generate receiving documents.
• Assists delivery drivers unload items and place them on carts to be brought into receiving to be processed.
• Maintain all paperwork and scans appropriate documents in imaging software.
• Answers the telephone for receiving questions, status and research of receipts.
• Use FedEx and UPS web based products to track deliveries.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains an organized area that is clean and neat.
• Handles refrigerated/frozen items in a time sensitive manor to ensure a quick delivery.
• Delivers supplies utilizing flatbed carts and pallet jacks long distances of varying weight.
• Secures signatures for all deliveries on receiving documentation.
• Assists with inventorying, distributing and ordering gas cylinders for operations.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance - equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employees desires and abilities and the hospitals needs.