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Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.

As a Materials Management Workleader, you are integral to helping facilitate Cleveland Clinic’s mission of providing state-of-the-art healthcare. You will serve as the work leader while performing various duties to support the department. You will also coordinate resources for daily assignments and work schedules. On this team, you gain access you a wealth of personal and professional development courses through Cleveland Clinic, opening the door to higher positions in Supply Chain Management and other departments.   

A caregiver in this role works Monday – Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. This Material Management Workleader will exclusively support the Sterile Processing Department at Fairview Hospital.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Assist in the coordination of resources for daily assignments and coordinates work schedules to provide coverage for employees on paid time off and key activities. 

• Distribute work to maintain departmental workflow for their assigned area. 

• Supervise the department function and resources in the absence of the site leader. 

• Support team manager in daily activities and provide team training and coaching to team members. 

• Resolve shipping and receiving issues directly with the vendor or carriers. 

• Monitor reports and resolve discrepancies. 

• Verify accuracy of receipts and participate in consignment audits. 

• Adjust par levels based upon usage within the ERP system. 

• Develop and implement new systems or manage changes of existing systems when necessary. 

• Respond to recalls as directed by the FDA or other agencies and ensure that the facility meets regulatory requirements in the handling of biohazardous waste. 

• Coordinate backorder process to supply inventory 

• Notify users of back orders and work to identify alternate products. 

• Prepare broken or returned equipment for shipment and maintain documentation of returns. 

• Manage consignment inventory items, maintain stock within defined areas and remove expiring items.  

• Receive storeroom stock items from shipping and receiving area, unpack and inspect items for damage, verify accuracy of shipment and input information in the warehouse management system. 

• Handle returns by completing technical documentation and other required communication. 

• Support Site Managers with customer communications to fulfill areas’ stocking needs and anticipate future needs. 

• Deliver supplies and materials to appropriate floors and health care facilities. 

• Monitor the flow of traffic into dock areas, prioritizing deliveries ensuring the safe receipt of goods and supplies. 

• Put away freight, supplies, packages, and perishable items from dock facilities using materials handling equipment. 

• Verify accuracy of shipments, check for damage to goods and document variances of orders.  

• Prepare goods and supplies for distribution, prioritizing deliveries, sorting and labeling loads ensuring the safe, correct and timely delivery of orders. 

• Stock picking locations using warehouse management system. 

• Survey, fill and stock Nursing floors and clinical areas to maintain inventory levels. 

• Deliver items using necessary equipment to appropriate hospital locations, unload and unpack cases and stock designated storage areas with supplies. 

• Respond to inquiries related to materials in stock, ordering procedures, status of item or filled orders. 

• Maintain cleanliness of storeroom area and collect pallets from area and stacks for pick up. 

• Collaborate with external teams to locate missing packages. 

• Perform routine expiry management duties to meet KPIs. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED  

• Three years of experience in inventory control functions with responsibility for par levels, purchasing functions, inventory analysis, and usage trends OR an Associate’s Degree in Supply Chain or a related field 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Previous leadership or experience providing work direction 

• Strong computer skills and experience with inventory tracking systems 

• Experience in healthcare supply chain functions 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting items that weigh up to 50 pounds.
• Requires the ability to push a fully loaded cart weighing up to 800 pounds, and pull a 2500-pound pallet using a manual pallet jack.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Lifts and carries.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to within normal range.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and work irregular hours.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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