Materials Aide
Core
Receives, delivers, and restocks hospital supplies for patient care areas; operates material handling equipment and a hospital vehicle to transport items.
Role type
Materials Aide (logistics & supply chain)
Builds
Internal hospital supply distribution and external specimen/equipment transport
Domain
Healthcare operations / Logistics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Lifting heavy packages, operating pallet jacks and hand trucks, driving a hospital vehicle, inventory counting, verifying shipments against invoices
Preferred skills
Materials handling, shipping and receiving experience
Technologies
Computerized material management systems
Responsibilities
Track incoming/outgoing items against bills of lading and invoices, weigh and stamp packages for shipment, load and unload trucks, distribute supplies to departments, operate material handling equipment, conduct periodic inventories, tag new stock, sign for shipments, fill orders and issue materials, operate a hospital-owned vehicle to transport specimens and equipment
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC