Materials Dispatcher - FT - 2nd shift - St. Lukes

Department:

11529 Advocate Aurora Health Corporate - Supply Chain: St Lukes Hospital

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Full Time 2nd shift, every other weekend, rotating holidays

Performs timely and accurate dispensing, cleaning, delivery, tracking and billing of patient related supplies/equipment.

Acts as a resource to department, facilities, and other entities as follows: dispatches customer requests for supplies/equipment; distributes supplies/equipment in response to issue requisitions, customer requests, defined replenishment schedules and purchase orders. Follows up with requests to ensure completion.

Ensures availability of supplies/equipment and timely delivery of requests. Receives, stocks, and stores incoming supplies and equipment. Warehouses and maintains inventory levels. Performs issues/credits for supplies/equipment as necessary.

Ensures proper billing by accurately recording all forms for proper invoicing and charging. Data enters charges for related supplies/equipment.

Prepares, distributes and transports supplies/equipment for safe and appropriate distribution to facilities, departments, or other entities as required.

Ensures patient care equipment is properly cleaned, stored and distributed in order to reduce the risk of cross contamination.

Maintains security, orderliness, and cleanliness in all working areas while providing for the continual checking, rotation and removal of outdated and/or damaged supplies/equipment.

Ensures efficient and accurate record-keeping systems to ensure productivity and to verify receipt, storage and distribution of supplies/equipment.

Receives and records orders for departments requesting supplies/equipment by using computer order entry, telephone, and in-person requests.

May replenish and maintain specialty carts, trays and kits (Code Carts, Isolation Carts, Lime Trays, etc.) checking for outdated supplies as necessary.

Ensures proper preparation, packaging, initiation of return, and any required follow-up to returned material to vendors as instructed by appropriate documentation.

Scheduled Hours

as needed

Licenses & Certifications

None Required.

Degrees

High School Graduate.

Required Functional Experience

Typically requires 2 years of experience in in receiving, stocking, and distributing supplies/equipment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Must have the ability to react to fast-paced, stressful situations in a calm, professional and efficient manner.Ability to prioritize and work independently with good organizational and time management skills.Must have good communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of employees.Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) or similar products.

About Advocate Health 

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000