About the Role
This role ensures specialty products, devices, and implants are obtained in a fiscally responsible manner, aligning with departmental needs and requirements. It involves routine and non-routine duties requiring specialized knowledge of supply chain and clinical requirements for assigned areas, utilizing problem-solving skills to meet needs and resolve discrepancies.
Responsibilities
- Ensures specialty products, devices and implants are obtained in both a fiscally responsible manner and in line with departmental needs and requirements.
- Responsible for routine and non-routine duties requiring specialty knowledge of supply chain and clinical requirements for assigned areas.
- Utilizes problem solving skills to obtain what is required for assigned areas.
- Responsible for resolving invoice discrepancies and managing recall alerts for products, devices and implants that have been received.
- Proactively reviews, monitors, and maintains all systems for assigned surgical and medical procedure supply and implant requirements.
- Applies knowledge of service specific clinical and anatomical requirements for obtaining appropriate supplies, products, devices or implants.
- Determines and maintains optimal inventory levels to ensure product availability per customer requirements.
- Procures products necessary for emergent, urgent, and elective cases.
- Creates purchase orders with purchasing authority up to $500,000, following hospital policies and maintaining fiscal responsibility.
- Verifies accuracy of shipments against purchase order.
- Reviews reports and checks on back orders daily.
- Makes alternative arrangements when appropriate and in urgent patient care situations.
- Monitors, updates, and keeps current all associated par forms and spreadsheets for areas of responsibility.
- Utilizes Materials Management and departmental software to proactively assess, measure, and track supply expenses and usage.
- Utilizes inventory management tools and product knowledge to serve as a resource for assigned department supply requirements across the organization.
- Identifies and recommends solutions for problems relating to the product, process and/or ordering system.
- Recommends opportunities to reduce cost through consolidation of product, using alternate vendors or other methods.
- Maintains physical space for inventory, including relocation of supplies in various areas.
- Supports and maintains space utilization.
- Monitors expiration dates in respective areas and removes expiring products according to policy.
- Establishes, maintains, and enhances optimal communication standards.
- Coordinates customized inventories for multidisciplinary departments.
- Actively engages in the semi-annual physical product inventory, as required by Finance, to meet cost accounting and regulatory requirements.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Associate's degree and 1 year of related work experience required.
- Equivalent combination of education and experience is acceptable.
Skills
- Supply chain knowledge
- Clinical requirements knowledge
- Problem-solving skills
- Inventory management
- Product knowledge
- Communication skills
Location
- 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642
Work Type
- Full time
- Regular
Experience Level
- 1 year of related work experience
Education Level
- Associate's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $23.27 - $32.60 per hour
About the Company
- The University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better.
- Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, and accountability.
- Together, we will set the highest standards for how we treat each other to ensure our community is welcoming to all and is a place where all can thrive.
- The University of Rochester is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving an inclusive and welcoming culture to advance the University’s Mission to Learn, Discover, Heal, Create – and Make the World Ever Better.
Equal Opportunity
- The University is committed to not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law (Protected Characteristics).
- This commitment extends to non-discrimination in the administration of our policies, admissions, employment, access, and recruitment of candidates, for all persons consistent with our values and based on applicable law.
