Supply Tech Job Description
Supply Tech Duties & Responsibilities
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Supply Tech Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Supply Tech
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, GOLD, IAHCSMM, CBSPD, SPD, CS, CSP, CRCST, DOD, DOT
Education for Supply Tech
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the supply tech job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and High School Degree in Education, Computer Science, Department of Education, Engineering, Associates, Guidance, General Education, Healthcare, Communication, Technical
Skills for Supply Tech
Desired skills for supply tech include:
Desired experience for supply tech includes:
Supply Tech Examples
Supply Tech Job Description
- Collects, inputs and generates statistical analyses from SPM to report staff productivity, instrumentation utilization, wrapped versus filtered containers, and missing instrumentation
- Works with the appropriate OR Services Clinicians in maintaining and updating the count-sheets in SPM
- The Central Supply Technician decontaminates, cleans, processes, and sterilizes all reusable supplies, equipment, and instruments
- Vehicle inventory check
- Ensure deep cycling of monitor batteries every three months
- Mechanical check vehicles/okay brakes, fluid, window washer fluid
- Receiving incoming materials, supplies, and equipment and comparing information on packing slip with purchase order to verify accuracy of shipment
- Inspecting shipments for damages or defects
- Un-crating equipment
- Ensuring that all supplies and equipment received are processed and distributed in a timely manner, as directed on P.O
- Work conditions may range from an environment where there is little or no physical discomfort, to an environment where inclement weather may subject the individual to severe changes in weather (temperature, wind, rain)
- Reviews PAR Levels based on data from PAR Optimization reports as scheduled
- Prior to expiration from nursing and ancillary supply areas utilizing established
- Responsible for documenting and reporting discrepancies on JIT orders such as
- Replenish and maintain specialty carts
- Procedure Carts)
Supply Tech Job Description
- Adding hospital tag numbers on equipment per department policy
- Maintaining files and records of current and potential suppliers, materials, and prices
- Filling store requisitions from stock
- Shipping items after notification from purchasing assistant, manager or group leader in accordance with policy
- Identifies all non purchase order packages and documents for tracking purposes
- Receives and stages large equipment and notifies appropriate department for installation and/or assembly
- Receiving problems faxed over to Purchasing for corrections to the PO or vendor contact
- Assumes responsibility for vehicles operated by the Mobile Health Outreach Ministry
- Utilizing the department’s management information system, produces purchase orders, performs status checks on existing orders, performs inventory stock status inquiries, and records material receipts pursuant to purchase orders
- Answers the telephone and responds to routine inquiries, relays messages as necessary, and maintains good customer relations
- Hospital supply experience preferred
- Hospital materials experience preferred
- Previous Central Sterile Supply Tech experience preferred
- Self-motivated to organize & prioritize own work to insure daily workload is completed
- 2+ years Supply Chain experience with inventory management software
- Knowledge of computers and Microsoft applications
Supply Tech Job Description
- Inventories units and replenishes supplies and procedure carts, adjusting par levels according to need
- Performs spot check and cycle counts on inventory
- Monitors supply areas for outdated supplies and proper disposal
- Stock shelves with product and labels patient chargeable items
- Performs daily rounds to clean and decontaminate equipment according to policy and procedures and returns equipment to their respective units
- Inputs patient charges daily
- Works with A/P to resolve issues
- May be required to cross-train in duties of Shipping/Receiving, as necessary
- Strives to meet the needs of all customers
- May maintain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) associated with purchases of chemical products
- Frequently Required - Twisting, Standing, Pushing/Pulling, Bending/Stooping
- Occasionally Required - Sitting, Climbing/Balancing, Crawling, Reaching, Crouching/Sqauting, Kneeling, Grasping
- Acuities Required - Talking, Hearing, Near Acuity, Color Vision
- Cognitive and Psychological Demands - Memory, Concentration, Perceptual Accuracy, Listening Processing, Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills, Oral Communication, Frustration Tolerance, Pacing, Reasoning, Deadlines, Multi-tasking
- Environment Conditions/Exposure to - Bloodborne Pathogens, Chemicals
- Read, write, speak and understand work instructions both verbal and written, perform basic math calculations and conduct self-inspection / audit
Supply Tech Job Description
- Ordering, stocking and distributing supplies
- Keeping concise records of equipment
- Act as liaison to other departments (CSS, Distribution, Lawson, outside vendors)
- Assist in capital budget preparation for equipment
- Clean, prepare, and distribute equipment
- Keeps track of preventive maintenance schedules, and performs billing procedures as needed
- Establishes and maintains a good professional rapport with the medical staff, nurses, and staff of patient care areas and all other applicable departments and units
- Reviews and makes the appropriate recommendations in reference to all new supplies and equipment for the unit
- Develops, schedules, conducts and documents in-services in instrumentation handling and continuing education programs for the personnel of the unit
- Meets or exceeds standards of compliance of all the accreditation and regulatory bodies and commissions in relationship to supply, processing and sterilization
- Previous hospital materials experience is preferred
- Ability to work standing and walking for long periods of time
- Ability to push and pull a variety of carts and material handling equipment
- Ability to climb, stoop, kneel, bend, stretch and reach frequently
- Requires ability to touch and differentiate textures and temperatures
- Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare, and communicate reports through written and verbal means
Supply Tech Job Description
- Attends staff meetings and conferences at the supervisor's discretion
- Develops and requires strict adherence to maximum quality control processing standards
- Aids in the evaluation process of products and instruments to be current in the state of the art assessing for cost effective measures to perform procedures
- Researches obsolete and discontinued instrumentation for replacement
- Responsible for instrumentation and medical/surgical supplies
- Performs additional responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor/Manager
- Must attend annually at least one educational offering in material or personnel management, infection control, or on programs related to sterile processing technology
- Adheres to all hospital and departmental policies and procedures as applicable while simultaneously reprocessing scopes and catheters using manufacturer's guidelines
- Maintains available inventory of clean scopes/catheters
- Procedure room and equipment set up and room turnover of the procedural field and surrounding equipment
- Previous experience in inventory and storage management
- Responsible for following established processes associated with mail
- Sorting/delivery and DME equipment management.*
- 2 years of experience working with hospital equipment and supplies
- Sound understanding and prior knowledge of supply replenishment and inventory management standards and/or needs
- Strong math and verbal communication skills