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This position is responsible for participating in and overseeing the ordering, receiving, inspecting, storing, issuing and shipping of equipment, materials and supplies for various departments. This position is not responsible for providing care to patients.
Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.
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To be considered for this role, applicants must:
Please upload your most recent, updated resume that demonstrates a solid background in the qualifications required for this position.
Include complete work history and relevant experience
Ensure their experience clearly reflects the required qualifications
Be able to meet the schedule, hours, and work location listed for this position
Why join University of Utah Health?
Competitive pay
Healthcare benefits starting on day one
401(k) retirement plan
A work environment that values dedication, learning, and work-life balance
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Upon selection, candidates must complete all required pre-employment requirements, including reference checks, a background check, drug screening, and required immunizations.
ResponsibilitiesEssential Functions
- Orders, receives and oversees material, equipment, stock and supplies for the organization.
- Uses the department's computer system to maintain verification of all transactions.
- Maintains a record of stock received and issued to departments.
- Researches cost, quality and availability of goods, selects the appropriate goods and vendors, and then makes purchases that comply with the department's budgetary guidelines.
- Inspects and verifies that received stock meets specifications and that orders are complete.
- Resolves order problems with vendors and departments, as necessary.
- Stores articles by style, size, material, etc. according to departmental procedures.
- Rotates supplies to ensure that items do not expire before use.
- Delivers goods to the appropriate areas on a routine or STAT basis.
- Repairs and maintains storeroom equipment and appropriately responds to product recall notices.
- Maintains a clean, sanitary and orderly storeroom.
- Performs inventory of stock room supplies on a weekly and semi-annual basis.
- Performs various clerical duties such as data entry of requisitions and receipts and answering phones.
- Answers staff questions regarding storeroom activities, as required, to ensure that quality service is delivered.
- Assists staff in evaluating new products and suggests product substitutions when necessary.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
- May order maintenance and parts for trouble reports received from various departments.
- May be required to evaluate supply needs turnover rates, cost, perish-ability, hazardous nature of goods and storage limitations.
- May consult with departments in planning the range and quality of materials to be stocked.
- May monitor the storeroom budget.
- May compile orders for purchasing and verify the receipt of orders with Accounts Payable.
- May oversee the delivery or distribution of goods by filling requisitions and comparing nomenclature, stock numbers, etc.
- May handle the packaging and shipping of packages.
- May make decisions regarding the physical layout of the storeroom.
- May supervise inventory maintenance and determine redistribution actions for stored goods when necessary.
- May document storeroom operations for billing and inventory control.
- Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.
- Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of standard warehousing rules and techniques.
- Demonstrated computer literacy.
- Demonstrated mathematical skills.
- Six (6) months of customer service, shipping and receiving or stock room experience, or the equivalency.
- Valid, current Utah driver's license with proof of insurability.
- Current food handler's permit.
- Completion of a medical terminology course within one (1) year of employment.
- Previous experience in storeroom supervision and employee leadership.
Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.
- This position involves very physical work that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects. The position may involve moving heavy equipment and/or supplies.
Skills Required
- Six months of customer service, shipping and receiving, or stock room experience, or equivalent experience
- Ability to perform the essential job functions
- Human relations and effective communication skills
- Knowledge of standard warehousing rules and techniques
- Computer literacy
- Mathematical skills
- Valid, current Utah driver's license with proof of insurability
- Current food handler's permit
- Completion of a medical terminology course within one year of employment
- Previous storeroom supervision and employee leadership experience
University of Utah Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about University of Utah and has not been reviewed or approved by University of Utah.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement contributions on both the academic campus and U of U Health are notably strong, with automatic contributions and additional voluntary savings options. This emphasis makes long-term financial benefits a distinctive part of the total compensation offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, robust mental-health support through the Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs create a comprehensive health offering. Network options and wellness incentives further enhance coverage quality.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave policies provide options for fully paid periods or extended partial-pay leave for staff, with parallel provisions at U of U Health. Separate frameworks for faculty include modified duties and leave arrangements during family transitions.
University of Utah Insights
What We Do
The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders. The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011. Technology and Commercialization The University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information. Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/ Healthcare University of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores. See more about University of Utah Health Care at http://healthcare.utah.edu/index.php




