Surgery Materials Tech

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

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As our Materials Tech, under the direction of Materials Management leadership, you will ensure efficient flow and sanitation of medical supplies and equipment.

Every day you will disinfect equipment/carts, then receive, store, issue, and deliver supplies, preparing items for shipping as needed. You'll perform daily par-level counts, data entry for issued stock, maintain tidy work areas, and participate in inventory/cycle counting.

To be successful, you will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in inventory management systems. A commitment to maintaining a sterile, efficient environment and procedural adherence is essential.

• Monitors and directs daily product ordering and receiving of supplies.
• Ensures preparation of incoming instrumentation/equipment and other activities related to materials acquisition. Communicates acquisitions to appropriate department resource
• Ensures that cases are prepared according to preference card specifications
• Responsible for routinely monitoring and performing preference card updates
• Coordinates the surgery product evaluation process for contract compliance and cost effectiveness
• Ensures that the necessary supplies and equipment are available to provide quality service at a reasonable cost

Required

• Two years experience in a clinical Surgery and or Central Service environment and
• one year of materials management software system experience

Preferred

• Cert Sterile Processing Dist Tech, upon hire or
• Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Supervisor, upon hire or
• Certified Sterile Processing and Dist Tech, upon hire or
• Certified Surgical Technologist, upon hire or
• Technologist in Surgery-Certified, upon hire