Description
JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION: To provide the timely acquisition of items for assigned GHS facilities.
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
CRITERIA A: Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
• Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
• Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
• Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
• Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
• Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.
CRITERIA B: Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
• Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
• Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
• Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.
CRITERIA C: Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
• Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
• Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
• Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.
CRITERIA D: Performance Improvement - Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
• Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
• Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
• Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
• Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.
CRITERIA E: Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
• Effectively manages time and resources
• Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial.
• Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.
CRITERIA F: Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
• Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
• Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
• Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
• Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.
JOB FUNCTIONS
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:
1. Processes purchase orders for assigned General Health System facilities.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
• Screens requisitions to ensure proper authorization is included.
• Manage inventory of: Rentals: including, but not limited to cylinders, Bed rentals, wound vac rentals
• Ensures all information on purchase orders is accurate.
• Works with Accounts Payable department to resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Works with Vendors for any service or product needs.
• Processes returns to vendors, expediting credits and/or exchanges.
• Works with customer departments to communicate pertinent order information, and product substitution when necessary.
• Utilizes group-purchasing contracts in effect.
• Prepares requests for quotation as needed; assists with cost analysis of stocked merchandise.
• Reviews distributor websites for rejections and backorders.
• Communicates delays in product arrival with appropriate team member.
• Works with customer departments to arrange product substitution when necessary.
2. Performs all other duties as required.
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Two years purchasing experience (health care related preferred).
SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
High school graduate or equivalent; some advanced education preferred.
SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Working knowledge of established purchasing practices according to industry standards; computer literate; knowledge of contracts/negotiations preferred.
HIPAA REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Patient demographics, patient related complaints, and information related to patient location.
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, and monitoring of clinical alarms.
Requirements
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Preferred Two years purchasing or buying related experience (health care related preferred).
SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
High school graduate or equivalent; some advanced education preferred.
SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Working knowledge of established purchasing practices according to industry standards; computer literate; knowledge of contracts/negotiations preferred.
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