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Agency Information:

Laid out on a 78-acre campus, Larned State Hospital (LSH) is the largest psychiatric facility in the state serving the western two-thirds of Kansas with nearly 1,000 employees and the capacity to treat more than 450 patients daily, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. LSH is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

https://www.kdads.ks.gov/state-hospitals-and-institutions/larned-state-hospital

About the Position

Classified/Unclassified Service: Classified

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Work Schedule: M-F 8-5

Eligible to Receive Benefits: Yes

Veterans' Preference Eligible: Yes

Search Keywords: Storekeeper

Compensation: $17.56/hour

TEMPORARY additional pay of $2.50/hr for every hour worked.

$1,000 Sign-On Bonus after 90 days of employment for any new hire.

• Salary can vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications.

Employment Benefits

Comprehensive medical, mental, dental, vision, and additional coverage

Sick & Vacation leave

Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave

Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually)

Fitness Centers in select locations

Employee discounts with the STAR Program

Retirement and deferred compensation programs

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The person in this position provides critical support to Hospital operations by maintaining an orderly, accurate and responsive warehousing operation. This person coordinates receipt, storage, control, issuance and delivery of all stocked office household, forms and food supplies. These functions are performed to assist in providing state of the art care delivered by competent and caring staff.

Job Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

Receipt of Warehouse Supplies

• Receives all stock office supplies, household supplies, forms, food and bulk central supplies.

• Inspects, labels and properly stores all received supplies.

• Notifies supervisor of any quality and/or quantity variances.

• Coordinates receiving operations and documentation with the receiving department.

Process Requisitions

• Pickup and delivery of supplies outside of agency in a timely and professional manner.

• Uses computer to print requisitions

• Select method of equipment needed to accomplish mission.

• Return merchandise and receipt to LSH Receiving Department.

• Supervises and assists in pulling stock from storage to fill requisitions.

• Stages pulled stock for delivery and spot checks pulled orders for accuracy and completeness.

• Supervises and assists with making scheduled deliveries of supplies for requesting departments.

• Issues supplies to requestor and processes requisitions.

Warehouse Management

• Assists Inventory Control in conducting warehouse inventories and reconciliation of inventory variances.

• Conducts routine cycle counts of warehouse stock.

• Documents daily temperature records for freezers and cooler to ensure temperature control for food products.

• Reviews Expendable Inventory Control data to identify warehouse stock replenishment requirements.

• Operates forklifts, pallet jacks and other material handling equipment as necessary to move warehouse commodities.

• Utilizes computer to access inventory information, send and receive emails and receive Dietary food requisitions.

• Deliver SMART requisitions to appropriate personnel to maintain stock levels in warehouse.

• Maintains orderly warehouse to assure accountability of stored supplies.

• Coordinates and assists with general maintenance, housekeeping and safety in the warehouse and other storage areas.

Performs Other Duties as Assigned

• Substitutes in the Receiving Department as needed to provide back-up coverage.

• Moves furniture, equipment and supplies within agency in a timely and professional manner.

• Receives property request form or is given verbal instructions for required task.

• Request from Department Manager adequate manpower and obtains moving devices as needed.

• Ensures accurate property numbers on items to be moved that correlates with work order.

• Signs and returns transfer order to Property Control Officer.

• Participates in natural work teams and/or quality action teams by applying job knowledge to provide quality customer assistance.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• One-year experience in storekeeping, including receiving, inspecting, cataloging, and storing goods and maintaining inventory records.

• Education may be substituted for experience as determined relevant by the agency.

• Unrestricted Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications:

• One-year experience in the operation of gas and electric fork lifts, delivery van and other material handling equipment preferred.

• One-year experience in inventory management and in supervision preferred.

• Graduation from an accredited high school

Post-Offer, Pre-employment Requirements:

• Ability to pass a KBI background and pre-employment drug test.

Recruiter Contact Information

Name: Mitchell Smith

Email: mitchell.smith@ks.gov

Phone: 620.285.4383

Mailing Address: 1301 KS Hwy 264, Larned, KS 67550

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