Nuvance Health Careers

Description

Nuvance Health is a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital, and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center, and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practice locations including The Heart Center and non-acute care affiliates.

• THIS IS A PER DIEM/AS NEEDED POSITION 
• GREAT "FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR" OPPORTUNITY!

Summary:
Support the day-to-day operations of the Linen, Materials Distribution, Equipment Distribution, and Mailroom. Ensure proper supply levels and urgent requests are handled in a timely manner.

Responsibilities:

• Key support in Materials Distribution area: ensure linen, equipment, supplies, and mail are adequately maintained and delivered in cooperation with the nursing staff in all clinical areas.
• Use routine methods or hand-held devices to determine nursing unit usage: whether linen, supplies, or equipment need replenishing per par levels.
• Follow all procedures for tracking linen distribution and return of unused quantities from the nursing floors and/or user departments.
• Work in soiled linen room using proper infection control techniques to move soiled linen from laundry chute into transport tubs, then to the storage area. Assist with pick-up of soiled tubs throughout the building and return tubs to the soiled room.
• In addition to the deliveries of all par supplies, deliver all non-par items including UPS and FedEx, mail, linen requests, equipment, MDC completed orders, and the pick-up of Archives and shipping requests.
• Maintain a safe work environment and report any potential hazards to the supervisor or manager, the Workplace Safety Manager, or by placing a note into the department suggestion box.

Requirements:

• Higfh School Diploma or GED and six months of customer service experience
• Good communication and listening skills gained through daily and direct customer contact 
• Preference given to applicants with medical/healthcare experience
• Basic MS Outlook and Teams skills
• Preference given to applicants with/hands-on experience with Warehouse Inventory Management systems

Working Conditions:

• Significant manual skills/motor coordination & finger dexterity
• Significant occupational risk
• Physical effort - may exert up to 50 lb. force
• Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Location: Danbury Hospital-24 Hospital Ave., Danbury, CT

Work Type: Per Diem

Work Shift: 6:00am-3:30pm, M-F, occasional weekends

Exempt: No

Pay Rate: $17-21/hr./DOE

EOE including disability/veterans

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.