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About Duke HomeCare & Hospice

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke HomeCare & Hospice, which offers hospice, home health, and infusion services across the region, as well as serves as the home forthe Duke Caregiver Support Program. Team members work closely with a patient's physician to provide comprehensive, individualized care in the comfort of their home or at our inpatient hospice facility in Durham, NC.

Location: 12 Moore Drive (Note for candidates: No paid parking required / Free parking) 

General Summary

Coordinate and perform a variety of tasks relating to the ordering, receiving, recordkeeping, and distribution of required patient care supplies for assigned Duke Hospital inpatient or support units to ensure adequate inventory.

Work Performed

Inventory & Supply Management

• Order, receive, store, inventory, and distribute a variety of supplies for an assigned area in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Transmit requests for items to Materials Management utilizing a data terminal.

• Periodically inspect supply carts to ensure all items are in their assigned locations.

• Remove, replace, and report any expired items or sterile items with broken packaging

• Recommend cart inventory additions and deletions to professional and/or administrative personnel based on monthly usage figures

Equipment Tracking & Maintenance

• Regulate and track property assigned to the team, including carts, shelving, labeling materials, and notebooks.

• Monitor the use and condition of assigned team property.

Communication & Team Leadership

• Maintain interface with professional and administrative personnel to coordinate supply activities and resolve problems.

• Inform the Central Distribution Manager of any problems or complaints.

• Assist in planning, scheduling, and assigning tasks to a team of Patient Supply Clerks.

• Assist in training new personnel and conducting semi-annual appraisals of team members.

• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• N/A

Level Characteristics

• N/A

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Work requires the ability to screen, evaluate, and log information from requisitions and to complete daily operational paperwork, generally acquired through a high school education.

Experience

• One (1) year of experience in a hospital material control or related setting to acquire sufficient knowledge of products, advise users, and suggest substitutions; OR

• An equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

• A valid North Carolina Driver's license may be required. (Note: Moved from the experience section for better visibility)