What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Resource Specialist position at Lovelace Health System?
Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Materials Management, Clinical Resource Specialist in Albuquerque, NM.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in growing mid-sized urban communities across the U.S. With a focus on people and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent delivers care through a system of 30 acute care hospitals, 24,000 team members, and more than 280 sites of care with over 1,800 affiliated providers across six states.
Responsibilities
The Clinical Resource Specialist serves as a vital link between clinical operations and the supply chain, leveraging clinical expertise to ensure the procurement, management, and use of medical supplies and equipment are aligned with quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness goals. This role drives product standardization, supports value analysis, and contributes to overall clinical and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 5 years of supply chain and/or clinical operational hospital or healthcare-related experience.
- Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently and handle stress appropriately; communicate and execute in a matrix organizational structure; adapt to change in workload and work schedule; and develop a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a professional, multi-disciplinary team as a group leader, facilitator, or participant.
- Demonstrates initiative, dependability, and flexibility to work in a fast-paced work environment.
- Strong organizational and process management skills.
Preferred Job Requirements:
- Master’s degree.
- Multi-facility (Integrated Delivery Network, IDN) experience.
- Supply Chain experience from a clinical perspective.
- Sound business judgement with a strong understanding of healthcare services, operations, and finance.