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The Central Equipment Processing and Distribution Equipment Manager oversees the overall accuracy and efficiency of the UHealth Systems movable medical equipment (MME) inventory and inventory systems, as well as the technicians involved in the day-to-day functions of the CEPD department. The incumbent is responsible for meeting the applicable regulatory requirements from entities such as the FDA and Joint Commission. He/she trains staff on inventory functions within the dedicated systems and educates staff hospital-wide on the proper care and maintenance of MME. The CEPD Equipment Manager must interact continually and effectively with all staff, responding to and anticipating their inventory needs in a timely manner.
Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends, as necessary.
Maintains a system for proper control, maintenance, and utilization of all supplies, in accordance with Joint Commission and other relevant standards.
Reviews all inventory levels and adjusts to maintain adequate inventory turns and recommends par levels and inventory management to the respective departments.
Assures that all equipment is received/entered into the respective systems timely and put in the correct locations in the department.
Maintains the rotation of supplies and inventory and maintains the effectiveness of decontamination and routing of equipment to clinical engineering if needed.
Coordinates and schedules regular cycle counts house-wide and communicates the results to management.
Manages the annual fiscal year-end inventory, explaining variances and adjustments.
Maintains all supply areas and pars level carts and/or automated dispensing supply systems in a clean, neat and orderly fashion and assures that all supply shelves and bins are labeled with the appropriate par levels, all items are counted correctly and placed in their correct location, and all over stocked items are returned for credit and all damaged goods are returned for exchange.
Ensures that all items removed from the department/supply area are expensed to the correct department.
Maintains relevant inventory systems including the applications of par level, min-max parameters, etc.
Analyzes reports (i.e. ABC analysis, usage history etc.) to target efforts to maximize inventory efficiencies.
Manages all equipment rentals utilizing the escalation process for rental approval.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
Coordinates the process for monthly departmental inventory counts for accuracy, conducts audits, and adjust PAR levels as necessary to increase effective utilization throughout the organization.
Assists product recall administrator in pulling product from inventories that has been identified in an alert or recall and communicates to affected staff and introduces substitute product in collaboration with clinical engineering.
Attends the organization's product evaluation and standardization committee meetings and follows through on changes to stock or data gathering as needed and is responsible for assuring that all computer processing has been entered and completed daily.
Works in close collaboration with Asset Management department for effective inventory management.
Responsible for assuring that all work areas and storage areas are maintained in a safe and proper appearance.
Maintain and assist in coordinating effective communications between nursing, surgery, and all other departments.
Reviews the recommended reorder report and works with the buying staff to achieve optimal stock levels.
Works with department managers to assure the par levels are reviewed annually for usage and need.
Performs other duties as requested by Supply Chain leadership.
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.
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