Materials Management

Overview

Distributes sterile and non-sterile supplies to various units ensuring appropriate charges are made to patient and departmental accounts.

Responsibilities

• Counts, restocks and cleans par level carts daily.• Enters and maintains co

mputer data to maintain supply carts. Prints patient charge labels andattaches to product.• Checks supplies in treatment rooms and on nursing units. Replaces outdated supplies, suppliesadmission kits, returns supplies and equipment, examination trays, which are no longer neededand ensures proper records maintained for actions.• Fills requests from various nursing units, other hospital departments and follows through onrecordkeeping.• Cleans and restocks shelves as needed.• Performs inventory as required.• Assists Receiving when needed.

• Identifies excess stock on hand and takes appropriate disposal action move .• Must be able to enter correct information into Material Management Computer System.• Performs additional tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education Required: Requires ability to read, write and perform simple arithmetic calculations and basic knowledge ofsterile processing techniques normally acquired during full time participation in brief vocationaleducation program.

Experience: One to three months prior experience or on-the-job training needed for minimum job proficiency.

About Us

DeKalb Regional Medical Center celebrated its 35th anniversary in October 2021. Throughout its history, the team of healthcare providers here have been proud to serve the people of Fort Payne, Alabama.

Today, DeKalb Regional is 134-beds and offers comprehensive services including cardiac catheterization, geriatric psychiatric services, women’s and children’s services, bariatric services, orthopedics services, and many more. DeKalb Regional and its physicians serve patients from throughout Northeast Alabama and Western Georgia.

DeKalb Regional is committed to providing quality care close to home. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission and the American College of Cardiology as a Primary Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. It was also awarded the 2023 Get with the Guidelines Rural Stroke Bronze Quality Award from the American Heart Association. In fall of 2023, DeKalb Regional was one of seven hospitals in Alabama to receive an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group.

DeKalb Regional Medical Center has 500 employees and more than 100 members of the medical staff.