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Yale New Haven Health

Integrated hospital system with academic affiliations

Unit Logistics Associate 1

Shipping & ReceivingUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeNew Haven, CT, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school degree or equivalent is required.
  • One to two years of materials or supply-handling order experience is required.
  • Experience in a patient care unit or hospital setting is preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with Patient Services Managers and Material Management Staff.
  • Demonstrated competency in operating handheld and desktop computer systems for supply ordering, replenishment, and project work, such as Lawson.
  • Demonstrated competency in supply management concepts, such as PAR levels.
  • Ability to lift cases of supplies up to 50 pounds, push heavy rack tracks loaded with supplies, operate in confined supply room spaces, and work to OSHA standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform supply-related functions supporting patient care on the St. Raphael Campus, including using handheld PC/PAR EX devices to inventory unit supply areas, putting away supply orders, maintaining supply areas, identifying and processing emergency supply orders, participating in reviews and changes to unit supply PARs, receiving unit supply deliveries, and serving as a medical-supplies advocate for assigned units.
  • Work with the patient service manager, nursing, Materials representatives, supply vendors, Customer Service Coordinators, and other materials staff to meet supply-related patient care needs and provide customer service.
  • Deliver and retrieve equipment, supplies, flowers, some food items, specimens, medical gases, and other items to patient care areas according to dispatcher or dispatch systems.
  • Complete dispatched work requests in response to Service Response Center requests and shift leader direction.
  • Maintain designated equipment and supply storage areas, including bringing equipment to and retrieving it from those areas.
  • Work with maintenance to ensure broken equipment is repaired, and identify and tag unserviceable equipment encountered during normal operations.
  • Transport specimens from patient divisions to clinical laboratories and operate the tube system to move patient specimens or information appropriately.
  • Use department information systems to retrieve, monitor, and perform department functions, including operating and monitoring the Service Response Center system (SRS II, IVR, and related systems).
  • Perform other departmental duties as requested, including filling isolation stations on patient care units when necessary.
  • Demonstrate customer service and the hospital’s Core Success Factor behaviors in interactions, and interact with others in a considerate, helpful, and courteous manner.
  • Receive linen from the linen plant and distribute it throughout the campus; transfer dirty linen to the transporting trailer for timely bulk linen deliveries.
  • Operate electric tow tractors and scooters safely.
  • Assist in processing contaminated Central Supply items to ensure proper decontamination.
  • Accept supplies, packages, and equipment for distribution to customer departments.
  • Perform purchasing receiver duties and receive goods delivered to the hospital warehouse from the receiving platform.
  • Issue warehouse supplies to using departments and replenish shelves in cart-picking aisles.
  • Participate in annual fiscal-year inventory and assist with inventory cycle counts.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in a patient care unit or hospital setting.

About the Company

Yale New Haven Health

Integrated hospital system with academic affiliations

Yale New Haven Health is a health system that operates five hospitals (Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly) and provides access to a wide network of primary care physicians and specialists through Northeast Medical Group and Yale Medicine. Through its affiliation with Yale University and Yale School of Medicine, it connects patients to the latest medical treatments and research. Its facilities and outpatient locations enable coordinated care across a single organization that aims to be more patient-focused, more accessible, and more cost-effective. The system delivers care by combining hospital services, primary and specialty care, and advanced clinical relationships to integrate treatment with ongoing research and clinical trials, offering patients access to innovative therapies and personalized treatment options.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New Haven, CT
Founded
1996

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