Inventory Control Specialist - Surgical Services - Full Time

at  Sanford Health

SANFORD HEALTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FASTEST-GROWING NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. WE’RE PROUD TO OFFER MANY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR NEARLY 50,000 MEMBERS OF THE SANFORD FAMILY WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF HEALTH AND HEALING ACROSS OUR BROAD FOOTPRINT.

Facility: Bemidji Medical Center
Location: Bemidji, MN
Address: 1300 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA
Shift: 8 Hours - Evening Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 40. 00
Salary Range: $17.50 - $36

JOB SUMMARY

Inventory Control Specialist:
Responsible for coordination of activities related to the acquisition of supplies and equipment utilized in the assigned clinical area. Order and receive products in and out of the general supply locations.
Clinical Material Specialist:
The Clinical Material Specialist is responsible for applying experience and learned practices in ensuring the operating rooms have the equipment, implant, and inventory needs to successfully care for our patients. In addition, they are responsible for the coordination of activities between the surgeon, multiple vendors, value analysis, supply chain, sterile processing, tissue banks, surgical services, and business management to ensure surgical patients have the appropriate necessities at the right time in the safest and most cost efficient manner. Inventory Control Specialist: Special order items for specific cases. Maintain and track tissue logs as mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), The Joint Commission (TJC) and internal specifications. Primary contact for all aspects of the electronic inventory system with particular focus on management of Physician Preference Items (PPI) products. Maintain proper inventory levels in surgery, locate and monitor chart audits, reorder by supply and pay the invoices, and follow-up on usage requirements. Depending on location, may be responsible to draft charges on supplies. Responsible for the tracking of equipment and supply recalls, the pulling of recalled stock, the notification of recalls to end-users and the notification of recalls to the supply chain group. Monitor and track tissue storage equipment, to include the temperature, humidity and outages in refrigerators and freezers using TempTrax and/or similar devices. Work with various supply chain hardware and software applications as applicable. May be required to represent surgeons on surgical value analysis committees.
Clinical Material Specialist:
The Clinical Material Specialist will post cases and review charges (requiring clinical knowledge of surgical cases), reorder implants or grafts, fulfill Joint Commission/FDA requirements for tissue management, monitor OR equipment, manage supplier partner relations with the OR, and constantly navigate surgeon requests for equipment, implants, and trials.
The Clinical Material Specialist manages equipment repairs and coordinates equipment rentals or other needs with external companies and internal sites. This role is the primary contact for all aspects of the electronic inventory system with particular focus on management of Physician Preference (PPI) products. Usage and application of EMR, inventory, and analytical systems: systems including but not limited to EPIC, OneReport, Tecsys, and Lawson.
Collaborates with other inter-professional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care. Demonstrates competency and practices within the full scope of their clinical expertise/knowledge and utilizes previous experience to better plan and prepare for surgical cases.
Cares for patients by properly planning for each patient’s surgical requirements. They are responsible for the planning and acquisition of items that will be used in surgery for the care of our patients.