Citizens Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital known for compassionate patient care, clinical expertise, and bringing advanced medical services to the South Texas region since 1956. Today, Citizens is a 338-bed acute care hospital with over 1,000 dedicated employees.

Citizens offers a generous benefit package that includes retirement plans upon hire, and an excellent medical plan with optional insurance plans to choose from.

If you are interested in pursuing a career with an award-winning hospital, welcome home.

Maintain an accurate inventory through the implementation of various receiving protocols. Able to receive inventory, pulls cases, must take call on rotating basis, restocks inventory daily, rotates stock and checks outdates.

Job Specific:

• Understand the Inventory Management computer system (EF).
• Adjust and maintain par levels (EF).
• Replenish OR Inventory stock daily (EF).
• Control back orders (EF).
• Maintain inventory balances / takes manual inventory to ensure accuracy of inventory (EF).
• Perform accurate physical inventories (EF).
• Receive all shipments / verify manufacturer’s item number, description, quantity and units received, department cost center (EF).
• Complete receiving transactions – process pending (EF).
• Resolve shortages, over shipments, damaged items, items without purchase orders (EF).
• Maintain files – packing slips, bill of lading, freight bills, delivery documents, pick tickets (EF).
• Pulls all surgical cases daily (EF).
• Report damaged or malfunctioning equipment and supplies (EF).
• Store and rotate sterile items according to expiration dates (EF).
• Inventory, select and replenish supplies to medical / surgical carts on a regular basis, and monitor quota levels and changes in demand levels (EF).
• Make appropriate substitutions when necessary and report problems regarding availability of instruments and supplies (EF).
• Use computers to process and maintain records (EF).
• Communicate with operating room personnel to provide required instruments and surgical supplies (EF).

Hospital:

• Adheres to organization-wide and other applicable policies and procedures.
• Day-to-day performance complies with the hospital’s Service Excellence Behavioral Expectations.
• Performs within the prescribed limits of the hospital’s Ethics, Compliance and Confidentiality Program guidelines.
• Performs within his/her professional Scope of Practice at all times.

Other Duties As Assigned:

• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Required: Two (2) years experience in inventory control / distribution with computerized systems.

SPECIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Required: Knowledge and skills of receiving all shipments / verify manufacturer’s item number, description, quantity and units received, department cost center. Knowledge of sterilization of supplies, equipment and instruments.

COMPANY PROFILE

Citizens Medical Center is a not-for-profit, community hospital known for compassionate patient care, clinical expertise, and bringing advanced medical services to the South Texas region since 1956. Today, Citizens is a 317-bed acute care hospital with over 1,200 employees . Voted “Best of the Best” hospital in Victoria for 14consecutive years, Citizens Medical Center is a level III Trauma Center, with a newly renovated 24/7 Emergency Department that includes an onsite medical helicopter. Citizens hasacomprehensive Community Cancer Program that includes two linear accelerators and HDR brachytherapy. Citizens is recognized for its outstanding cardiology program which includes a nationally accredited Chest Pain Center and is a Primary Stroke Center. Citizens also includes a comprehensive, accredited Bariatric Surgery program,Birth Center with labor and delivery, animaging and surgery center, sleep study center, state-of-the-art rehabilitation and fitness center, urology center and daVinci robotics minimally invasive surgery options, a home health agency, andhas a long history of providing continuing education for healthcare providers and the community.

Citizens Medical Center is looking foremployees who actively demonstrate service excellence by exemplifying our iCare values. If you are someone who displays respect and enthusiasm for patients, visitors, and coworkers while consistently upholding the hospital’s commitment to providing outstanding outcomes, service excellence, and fiscal responsibility, then you could be a good fit for the CMC team!

BENEFIT OFFERINGS

Health

• STD, LTD Disability
• Supplemental Life, AD&D
• Flexible Spending (FSA)
• Employer paid life insurance and short term disability

Retirement/Investment

• 457(b) Deferred Compensation
• Paid Time Off
• Sick leave, Bereavement leave, Jury Duty/Witness Service
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Hospital-paid & administered annual immunizations

Citizens Medical Center is guided by its Mission – “to provide quality medical services at a reasonable cost to the citizens of the region.”

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