Equipment & Supply Specialist; Full Time Days; Monday-Friday

Position Summary

The Equipment and Supply Specialist assists in distribution, maintenance, tracking, and retrieval of clinical equipment and supplies throughout the facility.

Essential Functions

• Cleans equipment per low-level disinfection guidelines.
• Maintains supply rooms and controls par levels based on needs of the unit.
• Keeps track of special orders and reorders as needed.
• Works with staff to develop bedside par levels to minimize interruption in care.
• Helps to coordinate in-services for new equipment and supplies as needed by department.
• Restocks the standby storage areas on the units or returns it to the equipment room.
• Inspects equipment for proper condition and places broken equipment out of service for Biomed.
• Equipment is checked for preventative maintenance (PM), safety inspections, and updates.
• Tracks receipt of all equipment and monitors inventories of supplies.
• Reports any back orders or delivery problems.
• Responsible for daily tracking of rental equipment such as specialty beds, wound vacs and other medical machinery by physical verification and computer generated report verification.
• Assists in the charge management process for equipment and supplies.
• Communicates with Vendors, placing orders for rental equipment, receiving, and product returns.
• Trains new Transport and Equipment and Supply Specialists in department processes.
• Communicates effectively with professional staff and provide excellent customer service.
• Tracks, cleans, maintain, and assemble orthopedic equipment such as trapeze bed frames, traction weights and pulleys, hot/cold therapy machines, CPM, and lifts.
• Responsible for maintaining decontamination equipment in working order and supplies in date.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions

• Makes room to room rounds, when required, to locate equipment for the clinical staff.
• Informs the manager when inventory is below par so adjustments can be made.
• Maintains accurate records for staff to know equipment and supply locations.
• Participates in all department quality improvement and quality control activities.

Education/Training

• Ability to read and recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of accessing and using all department related computer systems

Licensure/Certification

• None

Experience

• One (1) year of experience in a customer service and/or healthcare setting
• Must have experience with Inventory/Supplies/Stocking in a Healthcare Setting