Responsibilities/Job Description:
Fairview is seeking a Service and Product Assistant to join our team at Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. This is a 0.4 FTE position, working 32 hours every two weeks, and is benefit eligible.
The schedule for this role is every Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., along with every other Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This position is represented by SEIU Local 113.
To receive, deliver, replenish, clean, and maintain appropriate equipment/supplies/linen/forms. To assist with maintaining inventory control.
Responsibilities
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Receive, deliver, replenish, clean, and maintain supplies/equipment/linen/forms including stat room, patient rooms, inventory locations, and other areas, as appropriate.
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Assist with maintaining adequate inventory levels of equipment and supplies. Understanding of inventory control concepts with the ability to calculate par levels and adjust levels as necessary.
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Identify product name, purpose, and connection (if any) with other products.
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Coordinate the delivery of items arriving at the dock; assemble apply/remove properly tag/transmitter, and log into computer.
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Respond to user/Materials Support Center requests for equipment/supplies/linen/forms with special attention to emergency request.
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Assure that excess inventory in totes is accounted for, documented, and properly routed.
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Match instruments from the Central Processing Center (CPC) to surgical supply pathway packs and linen packs.
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Conduct cycle counts on a routine basis, identifying inventory require adjustments.
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Assure appropriate rotation of rental equipment.
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Locate/remove products due to product recall/product change.
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Perform gross decontamination of instruments, clean, rinse, and properly route utensils. Decontaminate and clean patient care equipment such as, but not limited to: IV pumps’ sequential compression devices; syringe pumps’ warmers; respiratory care equipment; blood pressure apparatus’ walkers’ commodes orthopedic apparatus; case carts etc. Decontaminate and clean laboratory glassware; general laboratory waste; etc.
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Monitor a replace disinfectant in sinks and automatic equipment.
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Answer telephones as needed.
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Operate computer for supply requests, equipment requests, equipment tracking, productivity reporting, etc.
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Follow established policies and procedures.
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Differentiate between requests; urgent, routine, and emergency (life threatening) for products, supplies, and equipment. Respond to requests and according to priority of emergency, urgent and routine, prioritize patient related needs first.
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Differentiate between supply usage, routine, special cause, patient volume change and cyclical changes. Alerts Inventory Specialist to inventory variances, stock-outs, and defects, etc.
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Prioritize meeting inventory needs and patient care needs so there are no short term or long-term negative impacts.
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Demonstrate effective communication skills by listening respectfully, giving balanced feedback directly and honestly, talking with others to clarify differences and utilizing first party communication.
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Collaborate with nursing staff and SPAN staff in making unit inventory decisions.
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Follow through on caregivers inquires, requests, complaints. Keep caregiver up to date about progress of request.
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Maintain and assure patient confidentiality
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Other duties as requested and required.
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Meets all role-related and age-specific competencies.
Required Qualifications
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High school diploma or 2 years of experience
Qualifications: $21.96- $28.24 Hourly
