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ED Materials Coordinator

Yale New Haven Health
United States, Connecticut, New Haven
Jul 23, 2025
Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Under the direction of Clinical Projects Manager, the ED Supply Coordinator is responsible for ordering and managing medical/surgical and clerical supplies used by staff under the Emergency Service Line, Psych Emergency Services, and Center for EMS. This includes the inventory, ordering, receipt, stocking and processing of all materials. Maintains inventory records of supplies on hand, ordered and received. Actively establishes, reviews and recommends par changes to accomplish inventory reduction initiatives. Primary contact and liaison with ED providers, nurses, and leadership to standardize available clinical equipment and supplies within the ED care areas. Ensures appropriate steps taken to comply with the hospital's environment of care requirements within to include removing expired products from the supply areas and clean/organized work areas.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran
Responsibilities

  • 1. Utilizes Infor and Supply inventory system, review and recommend par changes to accomplish inventory/cost reduction initiatives, and accounts for reporting of supplies and equipment ordering / maintenance.
    • 1.1 Works to establish minimal par levels to increase inventory turns taking into account usage, lead time and purchase units of measure by utilizing reporting tools and executing par optimization initiatives.
  • 2. Collaboration with ED providers, nurses, and leadership on projects to improve availability and standardize supplies and equipment to maintain and enhance clinical care .
    • 2.1 Participates in meetings and plans with leadership for standardization, and augmentation in supplies and clinical equipment.
  • 3. Daily inventories, orders, and receives shelf supplies in the storerooms ensuring stock availability at all ED locations. Collaborates with ED Leaders to process any special order requested.
    • 3.1 Orders supplies for the Storeroom to maintain appropriate levels of stock in all supply areas based on either established par levels within the PAR-EX PDAD
  • 4. Primary responsibility for securing, monitoring, tracking, and reporting of clinical equipment / assets within the departments
    • 4.1 Collaborates with leadership on unauthorized access to controlled supply rooms and carts
  • 5. Represents the ED on system and hospital supply chain standardization calls and liaison between ED and hospital material management / system supply chain
    • 5.1 Active participant on weekly and monthly supply chain calls
  • 6. Ensures appropriate steps taken to comply with the hospital's environment of care requirements to include removing expired products from the supply areas and clean/organized work areas.
    • 6.1 Keeps all boxes off floor on pallets or wire racks.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

High School diploma, college preferred.

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 3 years working with Medical/Surgical Supplies in ED environment, CSS or Materials Management capacity. 3 years clinical experience in ED or similar environment as unlicensed assistive personnel . Experience with purchasing, accounts payable, and patient billing is preferred. Must be familiar with Materials Management Functions of inventory, ordering, receipt and stocking, review of usage report data and development of appropriate PAR levels. Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and ordering systems. Experience with ordering, receiving, re-stocking, and managing pars of all supplies required for services in all cost centers reporting to Emergency Services,

SPECIAL SKILLS

Must be able to operate a computer for data entry, extraction, report generation and information management. Skills required in researching individual supply requirements and developing plans to ensure product available based on ED surge demands. Must be able to perform calculations to establish pars based on usage history. Needs to be familiar with Microsoft Applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

Works within the Emergency department physical environment while clinical care is being rendered. Must be able to lift boxes up to 50lbs. Must be able to stand, squat and walk for prolonged periods of time. Must have the ability to push supply trucks up to 500 lbs.



YNHHS Requisition ID

154210
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