What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Clerk PRN position at jpshealthnet?
Job Summary: The Materials Clerk PRN is responsible for coordinating the ordering, inventory, receiving, and distribution of all clinical and/or non-clinical supplies and/or materials. The Materials Clerk PRN has delegated authority to purchase goods in accordance to the Network’s policy and in an effective manner consistent with the requestor/user needs. The Materials Clerk PRN is also responsible for records retention related to costs, delivery, and inventory levels. This position provides back-up support to staff, as required.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:
- Acquires materials or supplies and places orders, inventories, receives, and distributes. Reviews, and tracks purchases through the purchasing process.
- Coordinates purchases for interdepartmental and intradepartmental customers by interacting with external businesses (e.g. vendors, agencies, delivery companies, etc.).
- Ensures adequate delivery of services is achieved for patient and/or nutritional care services by maintaining appropriate stock and/or inventory levels in order to facilitate and sustain the Network’s business operations.
- Coordinates assignments and/or information, as requested by management team.
- Compiles and maintains inventory records of the quantity, costs, and type of materials, equipment, merchandise, or supplies stocked in the organization.
- Ensures storerooms have appropriate type and volume of supplies/materials to meet patient care and/or service needs.
- Maintains department inventory lists to include assets, expendables, and other related materials.
- Compares inventory records against physical count of inventory and makes adjustments to or investigates inaccuracies.
- Provides and demonstrates good customer service behavior in the conduct of daily work interactions.
- May identify and report malfunctioning equipment to management for repair.
- Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.
- Must be able to complete all job duties and functions of the role with or without assistive/adaptive devices, and/or reasonable accommodations.
- Work environments may differ based on job functions and location. Work is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours.